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What types of Poison gasses were used in World War 1?
Due to the nature of trench warfare, some form of poison gasses would have been really useful in the trenches. In the trenches the gasses really would’ve been really useful with the limited mobility ...
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Who was accepted to the Vienna Fine Arts Academy in 1906-7?
One famous applicant rejected by said institution was of course, Hitler. I got to thinking: so who was accepted instead?
To make sense of this we would need to know how was the admission process ...
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Subjects of sermons in the Middle Ages
Were they more often devoted to New Testament subjects or to Old Testament subjects?
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How did the triple entente manage such a large breakthrough in WW1?
In WW1, there have been many attempts at breakthroughs in order to evade the trench system. The battle of Somme was one of the less successful attempts at a German breakthrough. Yet, before USA ...
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Les Misérables historical setting
What is the period in French history portrayed in Les Misérables in the early 18oos? I thought the French Revolution was in the late 1700s. Also, who was the French King at that time (the restored ...
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Machine gun specs in WW1
I know that machine guns were a vital part of world war 1. I know that they were mainly used in the trenches as fixed position weapons. However, I would like some specifications about the machine gun ...
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Holistic representation of historical events [closed]
Normally, history books assume that there is one correct interpretation of a particular historical event.
But usually, this is not the case. Consider, for example, the question "Who contributed most ...
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Did New Imperialism differ in nature from earlier Imperialism?
In Wikipedia, there is an article about New Imperialism, which refers to the territorial or colonial expansion during 19th-20th century. The article also says that the qualifier "New" is to contrast ...
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Why didn't United States replace Mohamad Rezā Shāh with another king during the 1979 revolution?
During World War 2 Rezā Shāh was forced to abdicate in favor of his son.
This way, why during Iran's revolution the Carter's administration had arranged for the shah to leave Iran? Why didn't they ...
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Why the military revolution is a cause of the industrial revolution?
I've heard that the military revolution in Europe helps its to reach the industrial revolution. It's an answer to the question "Why the industrial revolution starts in Europe and not in China", while ...
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How were dogs used in WW1
I know that dogs were used in WW1. I know that they weren’t vital, but didn’t play a reasonable role in helping the soldiers in the trenches. However, there is one thing that confuses me: How were ...
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Was the State of Indiana's legislation changed to fix the value of Pi?
Is the following an anecdote?
Mathematicians describe Pi as an irrational number, that is, a number that cannot be expressed as the ratio of any two integers. This was an irksome fact to the State ...
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How big was the percentage of white people in the USA who were not against granting the blacks equal rights?
How big was the percentage of white people in the USA who were not against granting the blacks equal rights at the time when the blacks finally got the equality of rights (which I think was in 1964).
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Could The Soviet Union have continued fighting World War II without Caucasus oil?
In 1942, Germany's Fall Blau was initially aimed at capturing or interdicting shipments of oil from the Caucasus to the rest of the Soviet Union. Even though armies were diverted to Stalingrad and ...
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Is speaking Russian a privileged lingual habit in Ukraine nowadays? [closed]
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In independent Ukraine, although Russian is not an official language of the country, it continues to hold a privileged position and is widely spoken, in particular in regions of Ukraine ...