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Do we have any information about what Pre-Hispanic Mexican societies thought of the Monarch Butterfly gathering spot in Michoacan? If not, what are the earliest records/thoughts we have of this place?

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Where there domestic dogs throughout sub-Saharan Africa? If so, were their relationships to people comparable to those relationships in other parts of the world?

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What were the gigantic ancient Nigerian ruins of "Sungbo's Eredo?" Are there any other comparable and contemporaneous West African sites?

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How far into (what would become) the U.S. did the Mesoamerican feathered serpent icon spread?

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Atlatls vs. Bows; could you call the latter "better", and if so, why did some societies continue using the former?

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How were massive Aztec hydraulic engineering projects (such as the Nezahualcoyotl dike) constructed and maintained?

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Why are there so few portraits of historical Korean monarchs?

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Do we have any information about what Pre-Hispanic Mexican societies thought of the Monarch Butterfly gathering spot in Michoacan? If not, what are the earliest records/thoughts we have of this place?	300
Where there domestic dogs throughout sub-Saharan Africa? If so, were their relationships to people comparable to those relationships in other parts of the world?	14
What were the gigantic ancient Nigerian ruins of "Sungbo's Eredo?" Are there any other comparable and contemporaneous West African sites?	6
How far into (what would become) the U.S. did the Mesoamerican feathered serpent icon spread?	4
Atlatls vs. Bows; could you call the latter "better", and if so, why did some societies continue using the former?	4
How were massive Aztec hydraulic engineering projects (such as the Nezahualcoyotl dike) constructed and maintained?	3
Why are there so few portraits of historical Korean monarchs?	2