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Did the opening of Japan change the Japanese diet and cuisine? Was there a "Perryan exchange" from increased contact with western trade?	2113
Is it true that Ho Chi Minh spent three months working at a hotel in Rio de Janeiro?	30
Were the Romans in the Early Empire aware that they didn't speak quite the same Latin as was spoken in, say, the Early Republic? Was this ever commented upon?	14
I'm a middle-aged feudal lord in 13th century France. What kinds of games would I have available to play?	12
The Napoleonic invasion of Egypt, the Morea Expedition and the conquest of Algiers all had attached scientific expeditions, some with dozens of scientists. Was this a uniquely French practice, or was it common to attach scholars to military missions in the 19th century, if at a smaller scale?	8
Marcus Crassus' wealth is estimated by Pliny to have been at around 200 million sestercii. How much of this would've been in actual gold, and what kind of assets would've made the difference?	7
I am a Russian conscript in the Eastern front in late 1916. What are my grievances with the ruling regime that would lead me to join the Feb and Oct revolutions, and how would they differ from grievances of the civilian population?	7
I've read a few times that the Black Death was taken as the end of times. Was this a common belief, and what were the theological consequences in the decades after? How did the Church and the lay population deal with the apparent fact that apocalypse had come and gone?	6
Sweden was one of a few large European countries to maintain neutrality throughout WWII. What was the internal political context that allowed this to be possible?	5
How prevalent were crowns and other such ornated headpieces as symbols of power in non-European civilisations?	3

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