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How did Japan's obsession with cute things develop? Was this already ingrained culturally, or does it represent a newer phenomenon?

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What sort of influence has African-American culture had on Africa itself?

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How important was the concept of "just war" and "casus belli" in Medieval Europe?

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Ibn Khaldun is sometimes referred to as the "father of historiography." Is this accurate? How much influence did his methods have on European and Islamic scholarship?

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How many "reds under the bed" were there really? Were any of the Western democracies ever under any real threat of being undone by Soviet sleeper agents or sympathists?

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How did James Cook's initial interactions with Aboriginal Australians and Maori compare with the meetings between Colombus and American Indians?

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Why did Andalusians dominate the Spanish settlers of the New World? Did the presence of Andalusians impact the way colonial cultures developed in comparison to "metropolitan" Spain?

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How did the concept of a "minimum drinking age" for alcohol develop?

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How did medieval and early modern succession and inheritance laws handle twins?

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How important was Ibn Rushd (Averroes) to the development of Western philosophical thought? Why did he have a greater impact in the Christian world than in the Muslim world?

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How did Japan's obsession with cute things develop? Was this already ingrained culturally, or does it represent a newer phenomenon?	437
What sort of influence has African-American culture had on Africa itself?	250
How important was the concept of "just war" and "casus belli" in Medieval Europe?	76
Ibn Khaldun is sometimes referred to as the "father of historiography." Is this accurate? How much influence did his methods have on European and Islamic scholarship?	41
How many "reds under the bed" were there really? Were any of the Western democracies ever under any real threat of being undone by Soviet sleeper agents or sympathists?	35
How did James Cook's initial interactions with Aboriginal Australians and Maori compare with the meetings between Colombus and American Indians?	27
Why did Andalusians dominate the Spanish settlers of the New World? Did the presence of Andalusians impact the way colonial cultures developed in comparison to "metropolitan" Spain?	19
How did the concept of a "minimum drinking age" for alcohol develop?	15
How did medieval and early modern succession and inheritance laws handle twins?	14
How important was Ibn Rushd (Averroes) to the development of Western philosophical thought? Why did he have a greater impact in the Christian world than in the Muslim world?	11