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Why did countries like the UK, Germany or the Netherlands never experience the same degree of rural depopulation in the 19th century as countries like France or Spain?

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Why were grapes traditionally such a favoured source of alcohol around the Mediterranean despite the preponderance of many other different kinds of fruit in the region?

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How is Olof Palme's legacy usually regarded by historians, in terms of the consequences of his domestic and foreign policies?

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I'm trying to date an interwar map. Can anyone help me?

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How did Chinese Manchuria (ie. Heilongjiang etc) manage to become so densely populated, despite its harsh climate?

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Why was the Korean peninsula never conquered by China?

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Why didn't the Algerian Civil War of the 90s lead to the same kind of refugee crisis that we see today in Syria, despite the war's similarly destructive nature and Algeria's close proximity to Europe?

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Why did the USSR never try to forcefully bring back Yugoslavia into its orbit, unlike Hungary or Czechoslovakia?

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During the 30th Anniversary of the Ethiopian famine last year, I remember reading an article saying that famines never occurred in democracies as no democracy would ever allow a famine to occur. Is this true?

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How did Japan manage to become so densely populated despite being mountainous, infertile, lacking in natural resources and geographically isolated for most of its history?

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Why did countries like the UK, Germany or the Netherlands never experience the same degree of rural depopulation in the 19th century as countries like France or Spain?	20
Why were grapes traditionally such a favoured source of alcohol around the Mediterranean despite the preponderance of many other different kinds of fruit in the region?	19
How is Olof Palme's legacy usually regarded by historians, in terms of the consequences of his domestic and foreign policies?	19
I'm trying to date an interwar map. Can anyone help me?	18
How did Chinese Manchuria (ie. Heilongjiang etc) manage to become so densely populated, despite its harsh climate?	17
Why was the Korean peninsula never conquered by China?	17
Why didn't the Algerian Civil War of the 90s lead to the same kind of refugee crisis that we see today in Syria, despite the war's similarly destructive nature and Algeria's close proximity to Europe?	17
Why did the USSR never try to forcefully bring back Yugoslavia into its orbit, unlike Hungary or Czechoslovakia?	15
During the 30th Anniversary of the Ethiopian famine last year, I remember reading an article saying that famines never occurred in democracies as no democracy would ever allow a famine to occur. Is this true?	13
How did Japan manage to become so densely populated despite being mountainous, infertile, lacking in natural resources and geographically isolated for most of its history?	13