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How did Egypt go from the breadbasket of the Mediterranean to a country that cannot feed itself, relying on food aid from the US?

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Why has Western formal dress become the world's preference for formal dress?

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In the series Band of Brothers during the post D-Day operations one of the German prisoners turns out to have been an American who had gone to Germany at the beginning of the war. Was this common?

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Why do former British colonies seem to have ended up better off than former colonies of other colonial powers.

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How could Hannibal have run amok in Italy for 15 years without Rome suing for peace?

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How was the term "Jap" eliminated from American discourse?

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Why did the Nazis expend so many resources with the Final Solution during the war? Why not wait until they had won?

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How were the Muslim armies able to take out the Persian empire and take most of the Roman (Byzantine) empire's land?

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Why did the Japanese ally with the Germans in WWII?

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Why has France gone through so many different governments?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did Egypt go from the breadbasket of the Mediterranean to a country that cannot feed itself, relying on food aid from the US?	297
Why has Western formal dress become the world's preference for formal dress?	223
In the series Band of Brothers during the post D-Day operations one of the German prisoners turns out to have been an American who had gone to Germany at the beginning of the war. Was this common?	204
Why do former British colonies seem to have ended up better off than former colonies of other colonial powers.	124
How could Hannibal have run amok in Italy for 15 years without Rome suing for peace?	123
How was the term "Jap" eliminated from American discourse?	118
Why did the Nazis expend so many resources with the Final Solution during the war? Why not wait until they had won?	75
How were the Muslim armies able to take out the Persian empire and take most of the Roman (Byzantine) empire's land?	58
Why did the Japanese ally with the Germans in WWII?	57
Why has France gone through so many different governments?	51