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HBO's John Adams implies Hamilton and others rigged the first US Presidential Election to give Washington a landslide, in the interest of national unity. Were they basing this on anything historical?	1270
Why did the Crusaders name their new territory the "Kingdom of Jerusalem", when the city itself had no precedent for denoting the larger area? Why was it not named after the Roman province of Palestine or the biblical Kingdom of Israel?	793
Why did Eastern Orthodoxy develop an emphasis on Christian mysticism while Roman Catholcism developed an emphasis on scholasticism? Did this predate the great schism?	457
Was there any attempt in roman religion to incorporate Jesus or any person in the Trinity into a larger pantheon? Did it ever just happen by diffusion?	224
Were any "southern aristocrat" families ever regarded with any legitimate aristocratic privileges in dealing with or visiting Europe? Did their youth go on Grand Tours or were their patriarchs ever honored at receptions?	202
Did Athenian fans of Socrates find it improper or distasteful that Plato used him as a mouthpiece for his positions in his texts?	118
What kind of voter would opt to vote for John Adams over George Washington in the first US presidential election?	86
Why does it seem like early Christians, Manicheans, mystery cults, mithraists, etc were "competing" to be the next big thing? What made Roman religion in a position to be "on its way out" at the hands of one of the young faiths?	80
What would the experience of celebrating a Latin Rite mass in ~1000 AD Europe have been like? What was it like for the common parishioners before pews were popularized, before vernacular languages were used, etc.	63
In the Crito, breaking socrates out of jail before carrying out his death penalty is treated as something trivial and easy to accomplish. Was it easy or common for notable athenians to escape justice?	59

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