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The fifth-century Roman Empire supposedly still being a single state, but under two emperors, how did they divide the tax revenue between the east and west?

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How did Western Allies try to prevent famine in the occupied Germany after WWII?

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How did the concept of "protectorate" get the negative connotation of being an euphemism for "colony"?

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In France the salt duty (gabelle) varied greatly between regions. What determined a region's gabelle tax rate? How was the difference justified?

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In 1980 the New World Information and Communication Order produced the MacBride Report, that controversially proposed a global system of licensing and supervision of journalists. If the system had been implemented, what it would have looked like in practice?

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Can Richard Nixon's economic policies in 1971-1973 (e.g. price freezes, limiting profit margins, government-guided wage rises), that were enabled by the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, be classified as "macroeconomic populism" (à la Latin America)?

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How did the Sino-Soviet split and rivalry impact the Vietnam War? Did the Soviet Union and China back different factions in North Vietnam?

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How did the name "Attila" become popular in Hungary? Was it controversial for being of pagan origin?

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In pre-1850 China, what would a typical literate person know/think about Christianity?

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In the 1984 U.S. presidential election, was Mondale more economically left or right compared to Carter in 1980? I know that in the primaries Carter was challenged from the left by Ted Kennedy and Mondale was challenged from the right by Gary Hart.

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The fifth-century Roman Empire supposedly still being a single state, but under two emperors, how did they divide the tax revenue between the east and west?	2
How did Western Allies try to prevent famine in the occupied Germany after WWII?	2
How did the concept of "protectorate" get the negative connotation of being an euphemism for "colony"?	2
In France the salt duty (gabelle) varied greatly between regions. What determined a region's gabelle tax rate? How was the difference justified?	2
In 1980 the New World Information and Communication Order produced the MacBride Report, that controversially proposed a global system of licensing and supervision of journalists. If the system had been implemented, what it would have looked like in practice?	2
Can Richard Nixon's economic policies in 1971-1973 (e.g. price freezes, limiting profit margins, government-guided wage rises), that were enabled by the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, be classified as "macroeconomic populism" (à la Latin America)?	2
How did the Sino-Soviet split and rivalry impact the Vietnam War? Did the Soviet Union and China back different factions in North Vietnam?	2
How did the name "Attila" become popular in Hungary? Was it controversial for being of pagan origin?	2
In pre-1850 China, what would a typical literate person know/think about Christianity?	2
In the 1984 U.S. presidential election, was Mondale more economically left or right compared to Carter in 1980? I know that in the primaries Carter was challenged from the left by Ted Kennedy and Mondale was challenged from the right by Gary Hart.	1