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After winning the War for Independence, America decide to collaborate with the British empire in order to become allies. Why didn't America choose a different entity as an ally in case the British rejected their offer or retaliated?	0
What did Hitler think of the Germans who did not side with him during World War 2?	0
Early historical accounts show that Hitler always showed a high degree of nationalistic love towards Germany. So when or how did this intrinsic passion eventually led towards fanaticism and xenophobia and also led to Hitler being seen as a charismatic person in the eyes of many when he was in power?	0
In the film "Prince of Egypt", the pharaoh Ramses II was portrayed as a stubborn and sometimes megalomaniac man who would not listen to Moses even when his own people were sufferring. How close to reality was this to the real Ramses II?	0
What if Stalin never came to power?	0
How come some people view certain periods of history as more interesting than other periods of history?	0
Since our understanding of history is constantly changing, how do historians deal with wrong historical "facts"?	0
Social human races were often political or military targets fro a variety of reasons throughout history but were there any instances where ethnic groups were targeted or at risk?	0
How did the nations, kingdoms and other powers of the past recognise other nations/powers as "legitimate" sovereign nations and not as random groups of tribes or combined forces?	0
Why was anti-Semitism slowly being discriminated against after World War 2 but discrimination against Black people such as the Apartheid was encouraged? Why was there still the mentality that one "race" had to be more "powerful" or dominant over another?	0

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