/u/shotpun's posts in /r/askhistorians
Administrating India, with its massive population, range of hostile topology and deep-seated regional differences, sounds like an absolute nightmare. How did the British go about it?
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A eurocentric view of the early modern period has always seemed logical to me. What are its downsides?
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To read material without the inaccuracies of translation, historians often learn several foreign languages. How do they do so efficiently and effectively?
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Until 1861, Ohio and Virginia shared a border. Did Ohioans and Virginians across the Ohio River hold oppoing views on contemporary issues such as states' rights, or was it more of a grey area (particularly in modern-day West Virginia)?
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Today, fascism seems to most Western people like the epitome of brutality and insanity. What was it that convinced a large number of citizens of the Axis Powers to support their respective fascist regimes?
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Did Nazi Germany's propaganda attempt to unify the German and Japanese causes in the minds of the German people?
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Why did the Nazis end up annexing the Czech Republic, but only installed a puppet government in Slovakia?
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Norman Davies directly refers to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as a 'republic'. How accurate is this?
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