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Robespierre in 1791 in "On the Death Penalty" used Japan as an example to argue against the death penalty, believed that "the death penalty and tortures are nowhere more widely used, and nowhere are crimes so frequent and so atrocious". How much did an European of his time know about Japan?

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Was the "If Germany hadn't invade France through Belgium they wouldn't have lost WW1" actually possible

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In A Social History of Maoist China, Felix Wemheuer cited/made a claim that the gap between salary of a high level worker during this era and that of a low one was bigger than the gap of those in capitalist countries. How big actually is this gap?

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How did Meiji come into power while it was the anti-shogunate force who won the war

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Why didn't Soviet Union choose to fight a guerilla warfare-focused war in WW2 (like Communist China did)

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In here I'm taught about Jacobin's policies and resistance against the outside enemies' of the Republic instead of Reign of Terror. Even though it got something to do with Marxist ideology,but was it inconsiderable?

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Robespierre in 1791 in "On the Death Penalty" used Japan as an example to argue against the death penalty, believed that "the death penalty and tortures are nowhere more widely used, and nowhere are crimes so frequent and so atrocious". How much did an European of his time know about Japan?	275
Was the "If Germany hadn't invade France through Belgium they wouldn't have lost WW1" actually possible	16
In A Social History of Maoist China, Felix Wemheuer cited/made a claim that the gap between salary of a high level worker during this era and that of a low one was bigger than the gap of those in capitalist countries. How big actually is this gap?	13
How did Meiji come into power while it was the anti-shogunate force who won the war	12
Why didn't Soviet Union choose to fight a guerilla warfare-focused war in WW2 (like Communist China did)	4
In here I'm taught about Jacobin's policies and resistance against the outside enemies' of the Republic instead of Reign of Terror. Even though it got something to do with Marxist ideology,but was it inconsiderable?	0