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Was there something about British colonial administration that made so many of its former colonial cities become world financial centers? (Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, Johannesburg, Dubai, Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur)

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What kind of recognizable disorders would we find in 18th and 19th century lunatic asylums?

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What was the role of all the other German kings in Bavaria, Saxony, etc. reigning under the Kaiser (1871-1918) and why did they all abdicate at the end of WW1?

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Why were Italian anarchists (and anarchists in general) so active in assassinating European monarchs in the 1890's? who was fanning the flames? Who were leading anarchist thinkers? Did they have end goals?

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Was 1950's nostalgia really that popular in the 1980's? Was this the first 'retro' sub-culture?

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Considering the POWS, deaths, deportations, forced labor, and the Free French Army, how depopulated was France during WW2?

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The population of Berlin was essentially devastated at the end of WW2. So who lived in West Berlin after the war, and what appeal was there to keep living there during the Cold War, and during the era of the Berlin Wall?

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I have read that the Koran was not translated and the meaning of the text was virtually unobtainable until fairly recently. what is the history of the translation of the Koran?

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How long did it take for feral horses to become ubiquitous in the great plains? Did they begin to populate right after the columbian exchange or did it take the centuries to reach 19th century levels?

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Would Gypsies and Jews have been the only 'foreign' populations living in Europe during the Middle Ages?

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Was there something about British colonial administration that made so many of its former colonial cities become world financial centers? (Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, Johannesburg, Dubai, Mumbai, Kuala Lumpur)	152
What kind of recognizable disorders would we find in 18th and 19th century lunatic asylums?	139
What was the role of all the other German kings in Bavaria, Saxony, etc. reigning under the Kaiser (1871-1918) and why did they all abdicate at the end of WW1?	135
Why were Italian anarchists (and anarchists in general) so active in assassinating European monarchs in the 1890's? who was fanning the flames? Who were leading anarchist thinkers? Did they have end goals?	121
Was 1950's nostalgia really that popular in the 1980's? Was this the first 'retro' sub-culture?	116
Considering the POWS, deaths, deportations, forced labor, and the Free French Army, how depopulated was France during WW2?	116
The population of Berlin was essentially devastated at the end of WW2. So who lived in West Berlin after the war, and what appeal was there to keep living there during the Cold War, and during the era of the Berlin Wall?	115
I have read that the Koran was not translated and the meaning of the text was virtually unobtainable until fairly recently. what is the history of the translation of the Koran?	111
How long did it take for feral horses to become ubiquitous in the great plains? Did they begin to populate right after the columbian exchange or did it take the centuries to reach 19th century levels?	110
Would Gypsies and Jews have been the only 'foreign' populations living in Europe during the Middle Ages?	99