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When Lisbon was captured in 1147 during the Reconquista, most of the Christian troops were from England and Germany who subsequently stayed on to repopulate the city. Do we know much about what effect this had? Was Lisbon seen as an ethnically and culturally non-Portuguese city after the conquest?	277
By June 1918 the German High Command knew WWI was lost, pacificist agitation was rife at home, and mutinous German soldiers were starting to sabotage their own supply lines. So where on earth did the "stab in the back" myth come from by November of that year?	245
Papua New Guinea was administered by Australia for much of the 20th century. Was there any serious thought given to admitting it as a state into the Australian Federation?	193
What happened to the Junker class after World War II, particularly those who lost their lands and fled West? Did they fall into penury? Or were they able to salvage their previous privileged position in society?	42
As a layperson I get the distinct impression that the historiography of Sparta is riven by controversies and academic factions. What exactly are these and what makes it such a seemingly emotive historical topic?	40
During the British Civil Wars, Scottish Covenanters were so powerful that Presbyterianism was nearly imposed as the state religion of the British Isles. What made Scotland so influential at this time despite having a fifth of the population of England?	38
The founder of ETA (Txabi Etxebarrieta) couldn't speak or understand Basque. Presumably therefore the lingua franca of the Basque separatist movement was Castillian, and if so wasn't this a bit awkward? Was there ever a divide between Basque speakers and non-Basque speakers within the movement?	27
The Beauce region of Quebec has a population of 420,000 people, while the much larger area of northern Maine right next door has a population of barely 100,000. Why was one area sucessfully settled and the other wasn't?	19
In 1948 Newfoundlanders voted in a referendum to join Canada. Was there any opposition within Canada itself to Newfoundland joining the federation?	12
Did the Empire of Japan plan to invade and occupy Hawai'i after the Battle of Midway? Would it have been feasible for it to do this even if it had won the battle? Was there an American strategy to resist this?	11

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