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During the Casablanca Conference, the Allies resolved on unconditional surrender of the Axis Powers, yet accepted Italy's offer of an armistice. Why did the Allies make this exception for the first Axis nation?	48
During the Third Crusade, both Conrad of Montferrat and Guy of Lusignan opened negotiations with Saladin for support of their separate claims to the throne of Jerusalem. Why would either of them seek support from Saladin, a man fully intent on destroying the Kingdom of Jerusalem entirely?	37
Did the Mughal Empire's rulers view themselves as a direct continuation of Genghis Khan's Mongol Empire, just as the preceding Timurid Empire viewed itself?	31
During WWII, the Soviets famously moved a great deal of their factories east of the Urals to continue the war effort. Did this create a sustained industrial boom in Western Siberia, or were the factories just relocated back to Ukraine/Belarus after the war?	24
Churchill, Cromwell, Comet, Centurion, Chieftain, etc. Almost all British tanks begin with the letter C. Was this deliberate? How did this naming convention for British tanks start?	20
How were Muslim pilgrims/residents treated within the Kingdom of Jerusalem?	15
Nazi Germany spent its years in power stripping away the rights and opportunities of women. Did their social impact on the roles of women persist in the two Germany's mindset postwar? How did East and West Germany approach the restoration of rights and opportunities for women respectively?	13
Did Karl Marx or his Manifesto have any major influence in labor unions/workers rights movements in the US before the Russian Revolution?	11
Prominent Italian writers of the early-modern era such as Dante and Machiavelli include commentary on how Italy should be a united country. Did calls for a United Italy have popular support among the masses of the Italian states, or limited to just small circles of writers and political theorists?	11
What was the Soviet's reaction/assessment to America's defeat in the Vietnam War?	11

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