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Why did the US stop using Navajo code talkers early in the Vietnam War?	15
Calypso has long had music with strong, overt political messages like Attila's "The Commissioner's Report" or "Money Is King" by Growling Tiger. Harry Belafonte might have made it tropical with Jamaican-inspired tunes, but why has it never taken off the same way reggae has as political songs?	15
How long lasting were the conquests and overseas raids of Rajendra Chola I in the 11th century? And did the Chola Empire attempt to reassert it's overseas control?	15
Wikipedia states as a significant milestone in the history of espionage was the creation of the mstovaris under King David IV of Georgia in the 12th century. How different or unique was this organization compared to other espionage systems of the time?	15
Today marks the 1000th anniversary of the death of Emperor Sanjo of Japan - what would his life have been like? What kind of scandals occurred in the imperial court in the Heian period 9th - 11th centuries?	15
What was the experience of Xinjiang Province and the Uigher population during the latter half of the 20th century? After reading about the extensive surveillance state in place today, was the region always seen as a potential trouble spot by the Party?	15
Captain Cook described frenzied individuals killing and maiming innocents in Malaysia / Indonesia, which has been called running amok. I recently heard of this in relation to school shooters. What exactly is the cultural context and history of amok?	15
At the time of the Three Kingdoms, what exactly were the goals of Shu, Wei and Wu? Did Wu want to unify China? Did Shu just give up on restoring the Han Dynasty? Was there ever a time they all just stayed at peace or were they constantly warring?	15
MacArthur is famous for having returned to the Philippines in WWII. Was liberating the Philippines strategically useful for the Allies? Or once Japan's naval threat was eliminated after Leyte Gulf did it prove an ultimately unnecessary campaign in the war (and hence mostly forgotten)?	15
Some have reacted to criticism of the recent space flights of Bezos and Branson by comparing it to criticism of the Wright Brothers as out-of-touch rich people who were squandering money that could be better spent on the poor...did this criticism actually exist?	14

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