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What was the contemporary reaction to Shakespeare's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy in Hamlet?

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Did other European powers not expect the formation of Germany after the Franco-Prussian War?

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Why did the crucifix, a common Roman execution device, become emblematic of Christianity rather than another symbol?

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What were the Japanese Emperors up to during the Sengoku Jidai? Did they have any impact on the political landscape or try to reassert their power, or were they mostly idle?

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When Austrian Germans immigrated to America, did they more often identify as German or as Austrian? And did non-Austrian Germans and Austrian Germans consider themselves different after immigrating or did both commingle in wider German-American communities?

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The Soviet Union conducted their first successful atomic bomb test in 1949. How was the Cold War different in the 4 years between the end of WWII and then when the US had the monopoly on atomic weaponry?

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Why did Austria's non-German lands keep them from uniting Germany but Prussia's non-German lands in Poland did not?

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Why did Austria's non-German lands prevent them from uniting Germany, but Prussia's non-German lands didn't?

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How do historians know Henry Ireton wrote the Remonstrance of November 1648?

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To what extent was Woodrow Wilson against entering WWI, and how much was rhetoric?

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What was the contemporary reaction to Shakespeare's "To be, or not to be" soliloquy in Hamlet?	7
Did other European powers not expect the formation of Germany after the Franco-Prussian War?	7
Why did the crucifix, a common Roman execution device, become emblematic of Christianity rather than another symbol?	5
What were the Japanese Emperors up to during the Sengoku Jidai? Did they have any impact on the political landscape or try to reassert their power, or were they mostly idle?	5
When Austrian Germans immigrated to America, did they more often identify as German or as Austrian? And did non-Austrian Germans and Austrian Germans consider themselves different after immigrating or did both commingle in wider German-American communities?	4
The Soviet Union conducted their first successful atomic bomb test in 1949. How was the Cold War different in the 4 years between the end of WWII and then when the US had the monopoly on atomic weaponry?	4
Why did Austria's non-German lands keep them from uniting Germany but Prussia's non-German lands in Poland did not?	4
Why did Austria's non-German lands prevent them from uniting Germany, but Prussia's non-German lands didn't?	3
How do historians know Henry Ireton wrote the Remonstrance of November 1648?	3
To what extent was Woodrow Wilson against entering WWI, and how much was rhetoric?	3