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After Alsace-Lorraine was reclaimed by France at the end of WW1, was there any trouble reintegrating the territory or population back into France?

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What exactly was Osama bin Laden hoping to accomplish with the 9/11 attacks? Was he hoping that killing a large number of American would make the USA withdraw from KSA or did he envision American retaliation and Americans getting bogged in the Middle East?

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Why did Nixon hate Indira Gandhi? What exactly did she do to earn his ire?

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Both Germany and Italy unified rather late compared to their neighbors like Britain and France. Is there any connection between these events (as well as events like German Wars of Unification & Risorgimento) to both these countries later falling to Nazism and Fascism in the 20th Century?

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Both the Irish Famine and Bengal Famine happened under British Rule, were there any similar policies enacted by the British in both places that contributed to or helped caused these famines?

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According to Wikipedia, Christians were 20% of the population in the Middle East at the beginning of the 20th Century. Why did this number then decrease during the latter half of the 20th Century?

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Between 1968-1988, what caused the Democrats to lose 5 out of 6 presidential elections?

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How did the Taliban take control of Afghanistan after the Soviet Union left the country?

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Did the Republic of China's idea of the Five Races (Han/Manchu/Tibetan/Hui/Mongol) have any influence in the PRC or within the CCP?

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Why was the Qing Dynasty so expansionist?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
After Alsace-Lorraine was reclaimed by France at the end of WW1, was there any trouble reintegrating the territory or population back into France?	318
What exactly was Osama bin Laden hoping to accomplish with the 9/11 attacks? Was he hoping that killing a large number of American would make the USA withdraw from KSA or did he envision American retaliation and Americans getting bogged in the Middle East?	231
Why did Nixon hate Indira Gandhi? What exactly did she do to earn his ire?	225
Both Germany and Italy unified rather late compared to their neighbors like Britain and France. Is there any connection between these events (as well as events like German Wars of Unification & Risorgimento) to both these countries later falling to Nazism and Fascism in the 20th Century?	85
Both the Irish Famine and Bengal Famine happened under British Rule, were there any similar policies enacted by the British in both places that contributed to or helped caused these famines?	71
According to Wikipedia, Christians were 20% of the population in the Middle East at the beginning of the 20th Century. Why did this number then decrease during the latter half of the 20th Century?	67
Between 1968-1988, what caused the Democrats to lose 5 out of 6 presidential elections?	55
How did the Taliban take control of Afghanistan after the Soviet Union left the country?	41
Did the Republic of China's idea of the Five Races (Han/Manchu/Tibetan/Hui/Mongol) have any influence in the PRC or within the CCP?	39
Why was the Qing Dynasty so expansionist?	26