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In Machiavelli’s “The Prince,” he refers to the benefits of establishing colonies in newly conquered territories. In his day and age, what would he have meant by colonies, and were there any contemporary examples of such a practice?	3210
In the Byzantine Empire, how were Armenians treated? How was their brand of Christianity treated?	86
What makes Napoleon's levee en masse unique from conscription that existed long before in places like Ancient Greece?	21
Nearly 2,000 years separate the Roman republic and Greek democracy from the development of later Western democracies. How/why did Democracy in the west come about in the modern period? How much of that was actually influenced by Rome and Greece?	12
Is Western democracy in the modern age a continuation of ancient Greek and Roman traditions? There is an 1,000-2,000 year gap between the two. Is there another source of inspiration?	7
The Turkic migrations irreversibly changed the landscape of Eurasia. What impact, demographic or otherwise, did the Turkic migrations from the 6th century onwards have on Central Asia itself?	6
Why were the ICTY and ICTR established? As in, what made the atrocities in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda stand out to the international community in that moment, as opposed to everywhere else? Essentially: why then, and why there?	5
Is Western democracy in the modern age actually a continuation of ancient Greek and Roman traditions? There is a massive gap between the two. Is there another source of inspiration? Is there some intermediate institution that connected them?	4
What do we know about the connection between Armenia and Urartu?	3
In the Ottoman legal system, what would happen if a Muslim committed a violent crime against a Christian (rape, murder, assault)? Could a Christian/their family seek restitution, and what would that look like? How did this change (or not) after the Tanzimat reforms?	3

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