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What was Teddy Roosevelt's view on the first world war, and on eventual American involvement in it?	2
Were any of the belligerent nations in WWI ruled by true absolute monarchies? To what extent could any of them be described as such?	1
What did people in pre-modern societies know or understand about rabies? Did they know how many species could carry it? Did they understand how it was transmitted? Did it influence folklore in any way?	1
Was it plausible that had Napoleon directed his resources toward it before his French Empire was ultimately defeated, he and his allies could have challenged Britain's royal navy?	1
How accurate would it be to make the argument that the Gilded Age--the era of Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall and the like--represents the most corrupt era of American politics? Even compared to today?	1
Is it possible to reconcile Napoleon's drive to acquire power and hegemonic control over Europe with his apparent commitment to spreading the ideals of the French Revolution and tearing down the Ancien Régimes of the continent as he did so?	1
How did the myth that Caesar was born via caesarean section ever get started, given that his mother Aurelia lived into her sixties and was a significant part of his life?	1
What are the historiographical arguments as to why there's a historical consensus for the existence of Jesus, but Moses is instead viewed as a mythic/legendary (but possibly/probably fictional) character who didn't actually exist?	1
Best books covering the broad history of the Dutch Republic from roughly 1580-1795?	0

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