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According to Wikipedia, Montenegro "was the only Balkan country never to be fully conquered by the Ottoman Empire." How can this be the case for such a small nation?	13	AskHistorians
Why was cannabis, a drug used for thousands of years in the Middle East, banned by Western nations in the 1800s even though they found little to no harmful effects? Was there an element of xenophobia?	9	AskHistorians
The period between de Gaulle's two positions as the leader of the Fourth and Fifth Republic from 1948 to 1957 is termed as his "crossing of the desert". What metaphorical “desert” was he crossing?	9	AskHistorians
After his troops mutinied at the Hyphasis River to turn back, Alexander the Great ordered the construction of "twelve altars, as high as the biggest towers and broader even than towers would be." Is there any knowledge of what these structures looked like?	7	AskHistorians
During the Napoleonic Wars, why were there no major guerrilla resistance movements against the French in the Netherlands, Germany, or Italy like there was in Spain?	7	AskHistorians
All of the American aircraft in the Doolittle Raid save one crashed before reaching their intended destinations in China due to lack of fuel, and they were only able to reach the mainland due to a "tail wind". How was this major flaw not accounted for in the planning stage?	6	AskHistorians
These quotes seem to indicate that Napoleon realized he was going to lose after his invasion of Russia and before the Battle of Leipzig. What was his psychological state at the time?	5	AskHistorians
The period between de Gaulle's two positions as the leader of the Fourth and Fifth Republic from 1948 to 1957 is termed as his "crossing of the desert". What metaphorical “desert” was he crossing?	4	AskHistorians
How was the An Lushan Rebellion so devastating if it was instigated by a single power-hungry general? Where did his support come from?	3	AskHistorians
Two years ago, the official Swedish Twitter account said that Swedish meatballs originated from a recipe Charles XII brought back from Turkey. It later backtracked on this claim, saying the origin was really far more complex, but what was this recipe and how similar was it to today's dish?	3	AskHistorians

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