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What types of ships did Hawaiians possess and how far did they sail?

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Did Carthage have advanced philosophy and arts like Greece? If yes, wen what happened to all the literary works written in Carthage?

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What was the evolution of Austronesian ships? How did they evolve from the beginning of Austronesian expansion ca 3000 BC up to the contact with Europeans in 16th century?

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How well armed was the Taiping army? What weapons did they possess?

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Was agriculture practiced by the Jomon people? When did sgriculture start in Japan and what crops were cultivated?

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When did Sami and Finnish people arrive in Scandinavia?

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What was the military of the Edo Japan like? there was no standing army - did various daimyos keep retinues? How large they were and how well armed?

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Is it true that a lot of European nobility before ww2 was actually impoverished and in debt because of competition of cheap grain from America and Australia?

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Did Maori retain their Polynesian seafaring tradition?

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Why was Giordano Bruno sentenced to death? What was the legal/theological justification of his sentence?

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What types of ships did Hawaiians possess and how far did they sail?	18
Did Carthage have advanced philosophy and arts like Greece? If yes, wen what happened to all the literary works written in Carthage?	16
What was the evolution of Austronesian ships? How did they evolve from the beginning of Austronesian expansion ca 3000 BC up to the contact with Europeans in 16th century?	15
How well armed was the Taiping army? What weapons did they possess?	13
Was agriculture practiced by the Jomon people? When did sgriculture start in Japan and what crops were cultivated?	11
When did Sami and Finnish people arrive in Scandinavia?	11
What was the military of the Edo Japan like? there was no standing army - did various daimyos keep retinues? How large they were and how well armed?	10
Is it true that a lot of European nobility before ww2 was actually impoverished and in debt because of competition of cheap grain from America and Australia?	9
Did Maori retain their Polynesian seafaring tradition?	8
Why was Giordano Bruno sentenced to death? What was the legal/theological justification of his sentence?	8