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I'm a penniless, but free, peasant living in Italy at the beginning of the Renaissance. What can I do to start making money and rise into the bourgeoise class?

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The Marshall Plan, adjusted for inflation, spent about $120 billion to rebuild West Germany. According to Brown University, the US has spent over $100 billion reconstructing Iraq. Why were efforts to rebuild so much more successful in West Germany, which had many more people?

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Has the United States, or any other major government, ever completely defaulted on its national debt? How did the process of that work?

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What do we really know about pre-classical India?

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Why do European monarchs almost always have adjectives applied to their names? (i.e. Louis "the Pious" of France)

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Who beat the Mongols, and how?

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In the Capitulary de Villis, article 44, it says that two-thirds of the food products other than meat are are to be sent each year for royal use. Is this just a rule for the realms of stewards, or general law? Was this kind of large tax burden normal, and if so, what was done with all that food?

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What lasting differences did the partitions have on Poland?

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How did people outside of Russia feel after the revolutions? Was there a general worry about this huge and ancient Empire suddenly becoming the first communist state, or was the war seen as the more pressing concern?

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What is the oldest country/polity that still exist today? What parts of the current societal structure can be traced back to before the modern era?

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I'm a penniless, but free, peasant living in Italy at the beginning of the Renaissance. What can I do to start making money and rise into the bourgeoise class?	150
The Marshall Plan, adjusted for inflation, spent about $120 billion to rebuild West Germany. According to Brown University, the US has spent over $100 billion reconstructing Iraq. Why were efforts to rebuild so much more successful in West Germany, which had many more people?	117
Has the United States, or any other major government, ever completely defaulted on its national debt? How did the process of that work?	9
What do we really know about pre-classical India?	6
Why do European monarchs almost always have adjectives applied to their names? (i.e. Louis "the Pious" of France)	5
Who beat the Mongols, and how?	4
In the Capitulary de Villis, article 44, it says that two-thirds of the food products other than meat are are to be sent each year for royal use. Is this just a rule for the realms of stewards, or general law? Was this kind of large tax burden normal, and if so, what was done with all that food?	4
What lasting differences did the partitions have on Poland?	3
How did people outside of Russia feel after the revolutions? Was there a general worry about this huge and ancient Empire suddenly becoming the first communist state, or was the war seen as the more pressing concern?	3
What is the oldest country/polity that still exist today? What parts of the current societal structure can be traced back to before the modern era?	2