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How do the pirates of today (like those in somalia) differ to those of the Golden age of piracy? How are they similar? What major changes have taken place within piracy since the Golden age?

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How have and did puppet governments actually work? What kept them bound to the "master government"? What mechanisms kept the other state in power? Has this changed throughout history?

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How did artists make money before copyright laws? Was it all just patronage or were there other factors?

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Why did deism decline in the US? Most of the founders were deists and it used to be popular here. Why did it decline?

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How has the internal organization of pirate crews changed over time if at all?

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What was the economy of revolutionary catalonia actually like?

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Could a sling in David's era actually kill a guy wearing a helmet? Like, in the old testament classic story of David and Goliath, could Goliath have survived if wearing a helmet?

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Were there capitalist countries outside the influence of the US during the cold war that the USSR had decent or open relations with? The US had semi decent relations with a few communist states like China and Yugoslavia, is the same true in reverse? If so, which states and why?

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What caused the high rates of inflation in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia?

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How did intelligence agencies like the OSS/CIA, MI6 and others contact resistance groups in occupied territories in WWII & the Cold War?

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How do the pirates of today (like those in somalia) differ to those of the Golden age of piracy? How are they similar? What major changes have taken place within piracy since the Golden age?	34
How have and did puppet governments actually work? What kept them bound to the "master government"? What mechanisms kept the other state in power? Has this changed throughout history?	28
How did artists make money before copyright laws? Was it all just patronage or were there other factors?	22
Why did deism decline in the US? Most of the founders were deists and it used to be popular here. Why did it decline?	19
How has the internal organization of pirate crews changed over time if at all?	18
What was the economy of revolutionary catalonia actually like?	17
Could a sling in David's era actually kill a guy wearing a helmet? Like, in the old testament classic story of David and Goliath, could Goliath have survived if wearing a helmet?	14
Were there capitalist countries outside the influence of the US during the cold war that the USSR had decent or open relations with? The US had semi decent relations with a few communist states like China and Yugoslavia, is the same true in reverse? If so, which states and why?	14
What caused the high rates of inflation in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia?	14
How did intelligence agencies like the OSS/CIA, MI6 and others contact resistance groups in occupied territories in WWII & the Cold War?	13