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What happened to the wealth of the Roman Catholic Church accumulated over the ages?
Awarded Jan 27 at 12:55
How did the American Civil War help the U.S economy recover from the Panic of 1857 given that civil wars are extremely destructive?
Awarded Aug 23 '17 at 15:07
How did the conquering Mongols and Manchus of China end up becoming part of China?
Awarded Jan 3 '17 at 7:20
What strategic value did Christianity hold for Constantine that made him convert to Christianity?
Awarded Sep 29 '16 at 14:37
Why was 19th-century Japan able to modernize and not China?
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How did the Egyptian engineers of the Third and Fourth Dynasty construct the Pyramids and Sphinx without modern science and mathematics? [closed]
Awarded Nov 14 '15 at 15:42
What happened to the wealth of the Rothschild banking family? [closed]
Awarded Nov 10 '15 at 3:02
How did Germany rebuild so quickly after World War I?
Awarded Jul 10 '15 at 19:52
How did the Catholic Pope manage to become more powerful than Kings in old Europe?
Awarded Jun 6 '15 at 22:42
Why did the Soviet Union's economy grow fast in the 1950's-1960's?
Awarded Apr 30 '15 at 15:30
What did Germany do after World War II to recover so successfully that it became more prosperous than its WW2 victors?
Awarded Oct 18 '14 at 19:44
What forces/incentives drove the Mongols to conquer a much larger territory than they could comfortably settle or rule?
Awarded Sep 17 '14 at 3:54
Why did World War I victors let Germany pay reparations in German Marks and gave it the option to default via inflation?
Awarded Mar 24 '14 at 4:56
What were the factors that aided Margaret Thatcher in her victory against the trade unions when her predecessors failed?
Awarded Dec 24 '13 at 0:47
What were the factors that caused the world to move away from the Gold Standard in the 20th century?
Awarded Oct 22 '13 at 10:49

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