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When did Romans and Greeks cease to view each other as barbarians or "the other"?

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Why did McCarthyists accuse UNESCO of being a pro-communist organization?

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When Franklin D. Roosevelt confiscated most gold in the U.S., did people make comparisons to the 1890s silverite movement and compare FDR to William Jennings Bryan?

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How did Albanians remain invisible until 1078?

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Was the homophobic backlash against disco music connected to the rise of the Reagan-style conservatism?

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What did the Soviet Union's leadership and common people think about the Yugoslavia's socio-economic system during the perestroika (1985-1991)? Was it viewed as a role model for liberalization? Was Gorbachev inspired by Yugoslavia?

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When building pyramids, why did Egyptians use soft copper to cut stones instead of hard bronze?

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Why did the title of "knight" become hereditary in Germany, but not in England and France? How could German knights convince their overlords that merit should be ignored in favor of ancestry? Were the eldest sons of English and French knights content to be just esquires?

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When did governments start to use GDP growth as a measure of success?

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What legal privileges did the French nobility possess from the Bourbon restoration to the end of the Second Empire?

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When did Romans and Greeks cease to view each other as barbarians or "the other"?	5
Why did McCarthyists accuse UNESCO of being a pro-communist organization?	4
When Franklin D. Roosevelt confiscated most gold in the U.S., did people make comparisons to the 1890s silverite movement and compare FDR to William Jennings Bryan?	4
How did Albanians remain invisible until 1078?	4
Was the homophobic backlash against disco music connected to the rise of the Reagan-style conservatism?	4
What did the Soviet Union's leadership and common people think about the Yugoslavia's socio-economic system during the perestroika (1985-1991)? Was it viewed as a role model for liberalization? Was Gorbachev inspired by Yugoslavia?	4
When building pyramids, why did Egyptians use soft copper to cut stones instead of hard bronze?	4
Why did the title of "knight" become hereditary in Germany, but not in England and France? How could German knights convince their overlords that merit should be ignored in favor of ancestry? Were the eldest sons of English and French knights content to be just esquires?	3
When did governments start to use GDP growth as a measure of success?	3
What legal privileges did the French nobility possess from the Bourbon restoration to the end of the Second Empire?	3