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In The Divine Comedy, Dante imagines the world as divided between an inhabited Northern Hemisphere, and a Southern Hemisphere containing only the mount of purgatory, an edifice reaching quite literally up to heaven.

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How much has Buddhism influenced western culture throughout history?

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What is an understudied part of history you wish more historians would take an interest in?

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Why did the Taika reform fail in Japan?

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How many white people within the U.S. during the 1800s and before viewed black people and other minorities as equally human as white people?

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Given the number of air hijackings and potential for even worse crimes, why was airport security so lax before 9/11? Did anyone raise concerns regarding this?

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In your opinion, does FDR’s internment of Japanese Americans overshadow his achievements as president?

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Is there a connection between the Ancient Greek concept of Xenia, and the Pashtani concept of Melmastya?

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Why did Japan, Germany, and Italy want to — and believed they could — conquer the world at around the same time as each other?

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Why didn’t Africa colonize Europe?

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In The Divine Comedy, Dante imagines the world as divided between an inhabited Northern Hemisphere, and a Southern Hemisphere containing only the mount of purgatory, an edifice reaching quite literally up to heaven.	1
How much has Buddhism influenced western culture throughout history?	1
What is an understudied part of history you wish more historians would take an interest in?	1
Why did the Taika reform fail in Japan?	1
How many white people within the U.S. during the 1800s and before viewed black people and other minorities as equally human as white people?	1
Given the number of air hijackings and potential for even worse crimes, why was airport security so lax before 9/11? Did anyone raise concerns regarding this?	1
In your opinion, does FDR’s internment of Japanese Americans overshadow his achievements as president?	1
Is there a connection between the Ancient Greek concept of Xenia, and the Pashtani concept of Melmastya?	1
Why did Japan, Germany, and Italy want to — and believed they could — conquer the world at around the same time as each other?	0
Why didn’t Africa colonize Europe?	0