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What do we know about the belief system and mythology of Oceanic peoples during the earlier periods of exploration and settlement in Polynesia?

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In the contingency plans prepared for the possible showdown between the Warsaw Pact and NATO during the Cold War, what role was delegated to the Norwegian military? What were they supposed to be doing?

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The 1970s saw a number of newly independent African nations participating in the Olympics for the first time. How did they go about developing domestic programs to support their competitors at the time and how did the '76 boycott affect development?

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What do we know about standards of beauty within the Nahua peoples who made up the Aztec Empire? What was considered 'attractive', both in physical standards, but also makeup or fashion?

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During the 1920s, how well developed were transportation networks within Indonesia?

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As practiced in medieval Europe, especially the latter period as enslavement came be to be practiced less widely, how was the 'personhood' of the enslaved generally conceptualized?

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What was the nature of conflict between Jewish and Palestinian communities during the period of the British mandate?

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How did the ascension of Philip V, and the Bourbon dynasty's replacement of Habsburg rule, alter court life and the general status of the aristocracy in Spain?

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During the Apartheid era, how much authority and independence of action was afforded to the Zulu king within KwaZulu?

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What survives of pre-contact 'Aztec' writing? What do we know of their myths and stories?

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What do we know about the belief system and mythology of Oceanic peoples during the earlier periods of exploration and settlement in Polynesia?	14	AskHistorians
In the contingency plans prepared for the possible showdown between the Warsaw Pact and NATO during the Cold War, what role was delegated to the Norwegian military? What were they supposed to be doing?	13	AskHistorians
The 1970s saw a number of newly independent African nations participating in the Olympics for the first time. How did they go about developing domestic programs to support their competitors at the time and how did the '76 boycott affect development?	13	AskHistorians
What do we know about standards of beauty within the Nahua peoples who made up the Aztec Empire? What was considered 'attractive', both in physical standards, but also makeup or fashion?	12	AskHistorians
During the 1920s, how well developed were transportation networks within Indonesia?	11	AskHistorians
As practiced in medieval Europe, especially the latter period as enslavement came be to be practiced less widely, how was the 'personhood' of the enslaved generally conceptualized?	10	AskHistorians
What was the nature of conflict between Jewish and Palestinian communities during the period of the British mandate?	9	AskHistorians
How did the ascension of Philip V, and the Bourbon dynasty's replacement of Habsburg rule, alter court life and the general status of the aristocracy in Spain?	9	AskHistorians
During the Apartheid era, how much authority and independence of action was afforded to the Zulu king within KwaZulu?	9	AskHistorians
What survives of pre-contact 'Aztec' writing? What do we know of their myths and stories?	9	AskHistorians