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Why don't more historians point to the shifting demographic balance as a causal factor in the collapse of the Western Roman Empire?

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To what extent did the views of 19th German historians commonly tying the early Christian church to Greco-Roman mystery religions inform the later obsession by certain Nazis with Paganism and the Occult?

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Weren't the sailor uniforms in Japanese schools originally taken from a fad in British education?

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How much of the classical writings lost in the "Dark Ages" were actually lost during the Late Roman Empire?

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What was the term "Communist" originally meant to refer to?

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How were texts "rediscovered" in the Renaissance "lost?" Ostensibly they were just sitting around the Byzantine empire, which had plenty of contact with Western Europe. Why didn't they know about them?

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Were the Voyages of Zheng He really just a big propaganda campaign?

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How unusual were the Crusader States? Were they uniquely unsustainable?

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Was Sun Ce's alleged execution of Yu Ji (Gan Ji?) supposed to be seen as uniformly bad or was it regarded as somewhat justified?

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What were the views of Muslim historians towards Constantine the Great?

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Why don't more historians point to the shifting demographic balance as a causal factor in the collapse of the Western Roman Empire?	23
To what extent did the views of 19th German historians commonly tying the early Christian church to Greco-Roman mystery religions inform the later obsession by certain Nazis with Paganism and the Occult?	19
Weren't the sailor uniforms in Japanese schools originally taken from a fad in British education?	18
How much of the classical writings lost in the "Dark Ages" were actually lost during the Late Roman Empire?	16
What was the term "Communist" originally meant to refer to?	15
How were texts "rediscovered" in the Renaissance "lost?" Ostensibly they were just sitting around the Byzantine empire, which had plenty of contact with Western Europe. Why didn't they know about them?	15
Were the Voyages of Zheng He really just a big propaganda campaign?	14
How unusual were the Crusader States? Were they uniquely unsustainable?	8
Was Sun Ce's alleged execution of Yu Ji (Gan Ji?) supposed to be seen as uniformly bad or was it regarded as somewhat justified?	7
What were the views of Muslim historians towards Constantine the Great?	6