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What is the origin of the animals associated with the Four Evangelists in European Christian art, and how did their use evolve?

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When/where do we first see monkeys and bananas be commonly associated in media?

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How did the Chimu Empire establish control over its territories?

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To what degree, and in what ways, did Native American tribes respond to or contribute to the United States' war effort during the First World War?

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An Edgar Lee Masters character claims to have been "captured [...] by pirates on Lake Michigan." Did such lacustrine villainy actually exist in the 19th-century?

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Some of the earthen mounds in the river valleys of the Eastern US contain(ed) burials. How common was this practice? Are most mounds burials?

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What is the history of giant parade balloons?

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Would a Roman student in 100 AD have been as familiar with Cicero's In Catilinam as modern Latin students are?

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How valid/accepted is the theory that the Tarascans were a group who migrated from South America?

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How did Colleges of Engineering come to have separate faculty and administration in North American universities?

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What is the origin of the animals associated with the Four Evangelists in European Christian art, and how did their use evolve?	16
When/where do we first see monkeys and bananas be commonly associated in media?	12
How did the Chimu Empire establish control over its territories?	11
To what degree, and in what ways, did Native American tribes respond to or contribute to the United States' war effort during the First World War?	11
An Edgar Lee Masters character claims to have been "captured [...] by pirates on Lake Michigan." Did such lacustrine villainy actually exist in the 19th-century?	10
Some of the earthen mounds in the river valleys of the Eastern US contain(ed) burials. How common was this practice? Are most mounds burials?	10
What is the history of giant parade balloons?	8
Would a Roman student in 100 AD have been as familiar with Cicero's In Catilinam as modern Latin students are?	8
How valid/accepted is the theory that the Tarascans were a group who migrated from South America?	6
How did Colleges of Engineering come to have separate faculty and administration in North American universities?	6