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What is the current state of research on "historical materialism", i.e., a predictive, empirical approach to history that attempts to explain events using intersubjective and/or operationalized parameters, particularly in reference to power- and resource-distribution?	128
Is British Israelism, the belief that the people of the British Isles are "genetically, racially, and linguistically the direct descendants" of the Ten Lost Tribes of ancient Israel, why "Jerusalem" is England's unofficial national anthem? What influence has it had on Anglo-saxon thought since?	34
What was the influence of the Hellenistic era on Persian and Indus Valley cultures, and how, in turn, did the latter influence the Greco-Roman world?	29
Why is it that, unlike other places where the border between Christianity and Islam fluctuated over time, the Balkans do not seem to have a reputed "golden age" of intellectual exchange and innovation?	25
How did the legal systems of Canada, Australia, and New-Zealand diverge from that of England respectively, and for what reasons? What, if any, did the legal systems in the other countries in the UK have on those of the overseas Commonwealth Realms?	24
How common is the pattern of "person rises to power cultivating a saviour image, surrounds themselves with yesmen, does their best to silence all criticism, loses track of reality, makes increasingly big and obvious mistakes, loses/ruins much/everything", and is it a named phenomenon?	18
Romans created a corpus of legal principles that are still cited today. How well/fairly/consistently were this principles applied in practice?	13
What role did Spain play in the US war of independence?	12
I am an Editor and Printer in Ba'athist Iraq, having opened before 1968 and staying in business until after 2003. What is my experience of the worlds of literature and literacy, education and teaching, journalism and reporting, content-creation in general, through the eras the country went through?	10
In the Soviet Union, what legal recourse did lay citizens have against the government?	10

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