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How did the Normans in Sicily rule their (brief) North African holding, and did it differ from how they governed Sicily?	15
What strategies did NATO and the USSR have involving the Arctic in the event of the cold war turning hot?	15
A plague is devastating, especially for a city with a bustling port and market. Have plagues ever had a lasting effect on trade? Have any cities risen to prominence by being unaffected, with new routes opening?	14
NASA had numerous designs for re-usable craft, but would choose the widely criticised space shuttle. What led to this?	13
It has been said that Takeda Shingen was one of the few who could stop Oda Nobunaga. Yet shortly after his death, Takeda power is forever broken at Nagashino and the clan is destroyed a few years later. How powerful and influential were the Takeda? How was it that they were destroyed so quickly?	12
The Arctic convoys of World War II often skirted Norway, but were any convoys sent via the North Pacific, either to Russia's Eastern ports or along the Russian Northern coast? If not, why?	12
How were the Rashidun Caliphs able to conquer Persia at the rate they did, even in the face of revolts during the conquest?	11
What impact did Zola's open letter "J'accuse" have on the politics of France, and to what extent was the nation divided over the Dreyfus affair?	11
Other than Hellenic, to what extent did the Romans take influences from other cultures for their architecture?	11
The Romans were famous for the engineering and architecture (with such fine works as the Hagia Sofia and the Basilica Cisterns). However after the Plague of Justinian and the Arab invasions, did the empire undertake similar large engineering projects later on in its history? If not then how come?	11

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