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Is there something resembling a historical Billboard top 100 for non-Western countries?

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What is the historicity of the various descriptions surrounding birthstones? How far back do these associations really go? (eg. February = Amethyst = mental clarity)

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The 13th amendment permits slavery for the incarcerated. Was there a boom in the US prison population following the Civil War?

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We often attribute the Emancipation of the Serfs in Russia to the rule of Tsar Alexander II. How much of this was really his responsibility and doing? Were there existing social and political forces pushing for emancipation prior to that point?

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Why were the Europeans so successful as explorers and colonizers?

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Were local, vernacular dialects/languages of Italy used in written forms? I.e. would an intellectual in 16th century Venice write in Venetian? Would he speak Venetian in an intellectual setting, or only in Latin?

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Was white flight caused by intentional racism? Did white Americans move to the suburbs explicitly to avoid black Americans?

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How did Indian Removal to the West actually take place? Did US soldiers march into villages pointing guns at people? How much notice was given? Who was responsible for enforcing this ethnic cleansing?

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Was the story of Isaac and Abraham as strange in antiquity as it is today?

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How do biblical scholars interpret the Lesson of the Widow's Mite?

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Is there something resembling a historical Billboard top 100 for non-Western countries?	7
What is the historicity of the various descriptions surrounding birthstones? How far back do these associations really go? (eg. February = Amethyst = mental clarity)	7
The 13th amendment permits slavery for the incarcerated. Was there a boom in the US prison population following the Civil War?	7
We often attribute the Emancipation of the Serfs in Russia to the rule of Tsar Alexander II. How much of this was really his responsibility and doing? Were there existing social and political forces pushing for emancipation prior to that point?	7
Why were the Europeans so successful as explorers and colonizers?	7
Were local, vernacular dialects/languages of Italy used in written forms? I.e. would an intellectual in 16th century Venice write in Venetian? Would he speak Venetian in an intellectual setting, or only in Latin?	7
Was white flight caused by intentional racism? Did white Americans move to the suburbs explicitly to avoid black Americans?	7
How did Indian Removal to the West actually take place? Did US soldiers march into villages pointing guns at people? How much notice was given? Who was responsible for enforcing this ethnic cleansing?	6
Was the story of Isaac and Abraham as strange in antiquity as it is today?	6
How do biblical scholars interpret the Lesson of the Widow's Mite?	6