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In the Netflix series, "House of Cards" a character states that The Opium Wars between England and China were not because of Opium but because "Peking wanted to call the shots." Could this statement be considered true by Historians?

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During the second Sino-Japanese war, was the "Rape of Nanking" conducted as a policy direction from the Japanese Officers or had they lost control of their Enlisted men?

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I am a Private in a United States Army Calvary Company headed into the Southwest of the United States in 1862. We're ambushed by hostile natives. Assuming I don't die immediately, what would I be likely to see and hear during the attack?

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In the film "Zeitgeist", the claim is made that an often cited primary source, the Jewish Historian Josephus never existed. Is there any historical evidence to back this film's claim?

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Is their any Historical Record of a Pirate Ship that had a Steam Engine?

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American Civil War Question: Did the Battle ((and Reported Massacre of Surrendering American Negro Soldiers)) at the Battle of Fort Pillow lead the Union to stop prisoner exchanges with the South?

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Did the British Navy exact any retaliation on the Island Nation of Tahiti for sheltering the mutineers of the HMS Bounty?

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Is there any Historical Record of Two Women fighting a Formal Duel Against each other?

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American Civil War Historians of Reddit: Is their any book or journal that can tell me what all the different positions on the CSS Virginia were?

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How involved was the Pinkerton Detective Agency during the American Civil War? Did that agency help the Union in any clandestine way?

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In the Netflix series, "House of Cards" a character states that The Opium Wars between England and China were not because of Opium but because "Peking wanted to call the shots." Could this statement be considered true by Historians?	352	AskHistorians
During the second Sino-Japanese war, was the "Rape of Nanking" conducted as a policy direction from the Japanese Officers or had they lost control of their Enlisted men?	52	AskHistorians
I am a Private in a United States Army Calvary Company headed into the Southwest of the United States in 1862. We're ambushed by hostile natives. Assuming I don't die immediately, what would I be likely to see and hear during the attack?	31	AskHistorians
In the film "Zeitgeist", the claim is made that an often cited primary source, the Jewish Historian Josephus never existed. Is there any historical evidence to back this film's claim?	28	AskHistorians
Is their any Historical Record of a Pirate Ship that had a Steam Engine?	25	AskHistorians
American Civil War Question: Did the Battle ((and Reported Massacre of Surrendering American Negro Soldiers)) at the Battle of Fort Pillow lead the Union to stop prisoner exchanges with the South?	21	AskHistorians
Did the British Navy exact any retaliation on the Island Nation of Tahiti for sheltering the mutineers of the HMS Bounty?	19	AskHistorians
Is there any Historical Record of Two Women fighting a Formal Duel Against each other?	8	AskHistorians
American Civil War Historians of Reddit: Is their any book or journal that can tell me what all the different positions on the CSS Virginia were?	5	AskHistorians
How involved was the Pinkerton Detective Agency during the American Civil War? Did that agency help the Union in any clandestine way?	5	AskHistorians