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How did the American Civil War help the U.S economy recover from the Panic of 1857 given that civil wars are extremely destructive?

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Aug 25 '17 at 17:03 user1491925 1
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What did Germany do after World War II to recover so successfully that it became more prosperous than its WW2 victors?

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What strategic value did Christianity hold for Constantine that made him convert to Christianity?

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Jul 1 '19 at 14:08 Community♦ 1
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What forces/incentives drove the Mongols to conquer a much larger territory than they could comfortably settle or rule?

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Mar 6 '20 at 19:36 Community♦ 1
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Why was 19th-century Japan able to modernize and not China?

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May 1 '20 at 11:03 Rodrigo de Azevedo 1
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How did Germany rebuild so quickly after World War I?

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Oct 17 '16 at 10:32 Community♦ 1
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What were the factors that caused the world to move away from the Gold Standard in the 20th century?

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Apr 13 '16 at 14:48 Tyler Durden 36.7k
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How did the conquering Mongols and Manchus of China end up becoming part of China?

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May 5 '20 at 19:11 Pieter Geerkens 64.7k
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Why did the Soviet Union's economy grow fast in the 1950's-1960's?

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May 11 '17 at 20:34 sds 23.7k
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How did the Catholic Pope manage to become more powerful than Kings in old Europe?

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Apr 21 '17 at 17:52 Community♦ 1
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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]

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Nov 13 '15 at 23:06 Community♦ 1
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What happened to the wealth of the Rothschild banking family? [closed]

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Dec 16 '14 at 16:51 Christian 319
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Why did World War I victors let Germany pay reparations in German Marks and gave it the option to default via inflation?

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Mar 23 '14 at 18:36 Community♦ 1
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What happened to the wealth of the Roman Catholic Church accumulated over the ages?

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Dec 21 '17 at 21:05 Luiz 3,301
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What were the factors that aided Margaret Thatcher in her victory against the trade unions when her predecessors failed?

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Dec 8 '13 at 23:33 Lennart Regebro 14.3k
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Were the heavy war reparations on Germany after World War I the main cause of its hyperinflation in 1923?

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Sep 12 '18 at 22:35 Malady 1,171
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How did Maximilien de Robespierre lose control of his Reign of Terror and die by the guillotine?

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Dec 19 '15 at 12:13 Lennart Regebro 14.3k
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Could Great Britain have built the British Empire if it was not the pioneer of the Industrial Revolution?

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Sep 5 '14 at 7:08 Semaphore♦ 92.2k
 
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Why didn't the European Christians take back Constantinopole?

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Apr 2 '18 at 22:36 Lars Bosteen 95.3k
 
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What were factors that led to a decline in bond yields during World War II given that the opposite should have happened?

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May 6 '17 at 6:43 Tom Au 98.5k
 
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How was Switzerland able to stay neutral during WWI and WWII?

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Mar 19 '17 at 20:13 BFar 103
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What factors led to the 30% devaluation of pound sterling in 1949?

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Dec 13 '13 at 13:01 Mark C. Wallace♦ 29.3k
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Why didn't Zheng He colonize the countries he explored like what the Europeans did to the New World? [closed]

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Sep 22 '14 at 16:50 Community♦ 1
 
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What advantage did Napoleon gain by attacking and antagonizing the Catholic Church?

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Nov 3 '13 at 12:37 Lennart Regebro 14.3k
 
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Did the U.S economy flourish after national debt was eliminated by President Andrew Jackson in 1835?

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Aug 23 '17 at 10:44 Mark C. Wallace♦ 29.3k
 
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What were the factors behind the lowest AAA corporate interest rate in U.S bond history during 1946?

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Jun 21 '16 at 20:21 D J Sims 1
 
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What were the factors that led to stagflation in the United States during the 1970s?

united-states economy 1970s
Nov 1 '15 at 1:34 Tom Au 98.5k
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What were the factors that caused debtors' prison to disappear in most parts of the world in the 20th century?

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Sep 2 '15 at 15:06 swr 59
 
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Why did Franklin D. Roosevelt confiscate gold from the American people during the Great Depression?

united-states great-depression gold
Mar 21 '18 at 22:02 Lars Bosteen 95.3k
 
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What happened to foreign investments of enemy citizens during WW2?

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