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Did feudal lords genuinely protect peasents from attacks, crime, and other threats to their livelyhood? Or did the nobility mainly exist to extract produce from serfs?

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Why was post war reconstruction so successful in Japan and South Korea in comparison to other places America has intervened?

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What caused the switch of Republicans from liberal to conservative and Democrats from conservative to liberal?

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Why is United States politics dominated by a two party system whereas most other liberal democracies have many influential parties?

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Ia there any explanation for the huge popularity of track suits, particularly Addidas, in Russia today?

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Was deforestation a problem anywhere in the world before industrialization?

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Why were gender roles in Native American societies more egalitarian than those of Europe and other parts of the "old world"?

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What is the origin of the names "motherland" and "fatherland" for Russia and Germany?

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How did most land in Europe come to be privately owned?

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How dangerous was it to be a western european farmer after the fall of the Roman Empire? Did feudalism make people substantially safer?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Did feudal lords genuinely protect peasents from attacks, crime, and other threats to their livelyhood? Or did the nobility mainly exist to extract produce from serfs?	239
Why was post war reconstruction so successful in Japan and South Korea in comparison to other places America has intervened?	158
What caused the switch of Republicans from liberal to conservative and Democrats from conservative to liberal?	64
Why is United States politics dominated by a two party system whereas most other liberal democracies have many influential parties?	55
Ia there any explanation for the huge popularity of track suits, particularly Addidas, in Russia today?	43
Was deforestation a problem anywhere in the world before industrialization?	33
Why were gender roles in Native American societies more egalitarian than those of Europe and other parts of the "old world"?	31
What is the origin of the names "motherland" and "fatherland" for Russia and Germany?	30
How did most land in Europe come to be privately owned?	22
How dangerous was it to be a western european farmer after the fall of the Roman Empire? Did feudalism make people substantially safer?	18