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Why do no professional historians care about lend lease? [closed]
I heard that all Thompson guns sent under lend lease went to Banderists, or Nazi partisans. However otherwise I have never heard any professional historian consider lend lease important or significant ...
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after 1917 the bolsheviks started conquering again all the former nations of russian empire(including poland and finland) -was it legal? [closed]
since the russian king Nicolay II dethroned himself - was it legal for the new administration to conquer back freed nations?
what was the reason for the reds to come back and install their regime?
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Why were the Germans accused of genocide at the start of WW1 against the Belgium people?
My understanding is that Belgium refused the Germans unchallenged passage through Belgium and into France as a precursor move at the very start of WW1. This, ostensibly, angered the Germans to commit ...
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Was it a custom to offer a dancer that pleased you anything at all? Like in King Herod’s case
This is a pretty simple question that would require a yes or no answer.
Mark 6:22
“When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, ...
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The Ancient Hanifs of Arabia
The Hanifs of Arabia, were saidcitation needed to have been one of the earliest monotheistic cultures in World History. While Ismail retained the monotheism of his Father, Ibrahim-(Abraham), his ...
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Is the myth of Alexander a political tool or a genuine belief? [closed]
In the speech given to the mutineers of Opis by Alexander III of Macedon (the Great) reported by Arrian it is said "Alexander, who crossed the Oxus and Tanais rivers. Even the Indus, first to ...
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How far back in time have historians estimated the rate of economic growth and the economic power of various empires?
I'm wondering if historians have figured out a way to combine historical datasets perhaps by using some kind of economic equivalent of Dendrochronology, where lots of different historical datasets are ...
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Which European power's arrival in India marked a new phase in the Indian history due to their naval skills and strategic alliance? [closed]
It was an MCQ Question. The options were-
a) Portuguese
b) British
c) French
This question came in a test for Class 9 students. This question has created a lot of doubts in the students' minds ...
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Why is the reason behind the non development of a unified political power in North-India and Afghanistan? [closed]
From the 13th century to the 16th century, I understand the history of central Asia followed the following pattern:
Empires existed from the Antiquity in a regular fashion: There was the Persian ...
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Has any US Presidential nominee/presumptive nominee from a major party, apart from Johnson, withdrawn from the race mid-campaign?
After the recent US Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the news has been flooded by statements from numerous sources saying essentially this, namely that Biden's performance was ...
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Why was William Tyndale executed but nothing happened to Miles Coverdale? [closed]
Why was William Tyndale executed but Miles Coverdale was not?
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What is the original source of this Sigurimi logo?
Wikipedia uses this image on every language page for Sigurimi, the Albanian Directorate of State Security from 1944 to 1991.
The image description asserts that this is a "Digital recreation of ...
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How was explained in the ancient Egypt that the unrelated pharaoh dynasies have all divine origin? [closed]
As far I know, Pharaophs were claimed partially divine origin in the ancient Egyptian religion.
However, there were about 30 dynasties in the ancient Egypt, meaning that probably they were not ...
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Are these depictions of ancient Greek and Roman libraries "scroll-shelves" historically accurate?
In some modern depictions of ancient Greek and Roman libraries or studies, I sometimes see shelving units specifically designed for scrolls.
These feature cubby-hole style compartments of squarish ...
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Why did the Nazis bother distinguishing Jews on the basis of statehood and citizenship (if they saw a "world of races" and not of states)?
All quotes below from Snyder (Black Earth, 2015, bold font added by me):
When the survival of the state was in question, Antonescu slowed the persecution of Jews. Hitler, who actually believed in a ...
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