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Did a majority of the most important scientific discoveries of the last 300 years happen in Europe? I'm thinking people like Galileo, Isaac Newton, or Einstein. Or is this a typical Eurocentric viewpoint?	2
From what I've read much of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe during World War Two, were filled with crime, chaos, and partisans. How long did it take before those areas were brought under control and rule of law was reasonably reestablished?	2
Whats the consensus among historians on R.I. Moore’s Formations Of A Persecuting Society?	2
The Communist regimes of Eastern Europe were notorious for keeping their citizens trapped inside their country’s borders for fear of population loss once they reached the West. But what about dictatorships in Portugal and Spain? Did they have same problem?	2
Americans were shocked and horrified by the lynching of Emmet Till. Despite the fact the kids his age and younger had been lynched in the south since Reconstruction ended. Did most just not know at the time? Or was there some larger shift in values that made this unappetizing to the public?	2
How long did it take for the Bolsheviks to solidify there power base across Russia after they overthrew the Provisional Government?	2
I'm reading about the recent history of Romania and the trial of Corneliu Codreanu seems to be a remarkable display of anti-semitism, even by early 20th century Eastern European standards. Am I wrong here? Or was their something in the water?	2
I'm a member of the the Okrhanka, Tsarist Russia's secret police, after the Bolshevik Revolution. What happens to me? Where do I go? Could I offer my services to the Whites or the Reds in the upcoming Civil War?	2
How successful was the expulsion edict of Muslims from Spain? Was there any legacy they left behind?	2
Have there been any recently translated memoirs of French colonial soldiers into English? And are there any memoirs of British Colonial Indian soldiers?	2

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