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How much did dynastic politics serve to internationalize the Thirty Years War?

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"You're full of it!" What's the history of the association with poop talk and mistruths and exaggerations?

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Was Stalinism a coherent ideology, or a euphemism for the personal rule of Stalin?

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Should the Norman Conquest be understood as another “Viking” incursion into England, or something different?

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Was the Weimar republic fatally compromised by it's reliance on the army?

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French political life in the years between the world wars featured conflicts between communists and fascists. What was French domestic politics like on establishment of the 4th Republic?

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The renaissance popes were selling a lot of indulgences and taking a lot of tithes out of the non-Italian states of Europe. Given that money was metal, did this have a bad effect on the economies of those states?

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Did the Great Plains Shelterbelt “work”?

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I grew up in the early 90’s listening to Irish Rebel folk music. How and why was this popularized in the US, and how did that go over on the other side?

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Napoleon invented the "corps", and it's had use ever since. What advantages did the corps offer over divisions in Napoleonic warfare and onward?

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How much did dynastic politics serve to internationalize the Thirty Years War?	8
"You're full of it!" What's the history of the association with poop talk and mistruths and exaggerations?	6
Was Stalinism a coherent ideology, or a euphemism for the personal rule of Stalin?	6
Should the Norman Conquest be understood as another “Viking” incursion into England, or something different?	5
Was the Weimar republic fatally compromised by it's reliance on the army?	5
French political life in the years between the world wars featured conflicts between communists and fascists. What was French domestic politics like on establishment of the 4th Republic?	3
The renaissance popes were selling a lot of indulgences and taking a lot of tithes out of the non-Italian states of Europe. Given that money was metal, did this have a bad effect on the economies of those states?	3
Did the Great Plains Shelterbelt “work”?	2
I grew up in the early 90’s listening to Irish Rebel folk music. How and why was this popularized in the US, and how did that go over on the other side?	2
Napoleon invented the "corps", and it's had use ever since. What advantages did the corps offer over divisions in Napoleonic warfare and onward?	2