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The Soviet Union said it was a revolutionary state in the way to communism, not already in a state in communism. What steps had they taken during their existence to advance the revolution to more communism?

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When ancient leaders founded cities, what exactly did they do, to make a self-sustaining city?

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When did American schools start teaching that the Civil War arose due to "several factors" instead of just slavery?

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Horses cannot recover from a broken leg, and in the olden days, people would "put them out of their misery" with a gun. Before firearms, how might someone have euthanized a horse?

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How do colliders aim atoms so that they actually hit each other?

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Did the American civil war have an impact on the way war was waged around the world afterwards?

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Just how atheist were ancient Roman atheists? What does that mean in the classical Roman context?

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How did we settle on the term "Holocaust" for the holocaust? What other descriptions were used when it was first being reported?

48 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Marx predicted workers would take control of the factories, but it seems that communist revolutions have occurred in states that were basically feudal. Have any Communist or Marxist philosophers noted this?

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What was the self-assessment of the US military between the Vietnam War and the First Gulf War?

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The Soviet Union said it was a revolutionary state in the way to communism, not already in a state in communism. What steps had they taken during their existence to advance the revolution to more communism?	300	AskHistorians
When ancient leaders founded cities, what exactly did they do, to make a self-sustaining city?	245	AskHistorians
When did American schools start teaching that the Civil War arose due to "several factors" instead of just slavery?	179	AskHistorians
Horses cannot recover from a broken leg, and in the olden days, people would "put them out of their misery" with a gun. Before firearms, how might someone have euthanized a horse?	97	AskHistorians
How do colliders aim atoms so that they actually hit each other?	84	askscience
Did the American civil war have an impact on the way war was waged around the world afterwards?	58	AskHistorians
Just how atheist were ancient Roman atheists? What does that mean in the classical Roman context?	53	AskHistorians
How did we settle on the term "Holocaust" for the holocaust? What other descriptions were used when it was first being reported?	48	AskHistorians
Marx predicted workers would take control of the factories, but it seems that communist revolutions have occurred in states that were basically feudal. Have any Communist or Marxist philosophers noted this?	46	AskHistorians
What was the self-assessment of the US military between the Vietnam War and the First Gulf War?	45	AskHistorians