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Looking at the new Assassin's Creed Odyssey trailer, larger-than-life statues dominate the urban landscape. How common was it to see monumental statues in ancient Greece?	5
How were the racially-motivated lynchings viewed outside of America?	5
When the Southern Song Dynasty backed a national standard for paper money backed by silver and gold, how common was this paper currency in and out of China at the time? Did it inspire any other nearby people to try out paper banknotes?	4
What do historians do to draw accurate estimates of the death tolls of race riots in America? The Elaine massacre victims number 100 - 300, the Tulsa massacre victims 75-100/150-300, East St. Louis 39-150 Black victims. What's the state of records like, and how useful are original accounts?	4
Some have defended the actions of the Vichy regime in regards to the deportation of Jews - this seems to be a revisionist attempt to defend Petain, contrary to the standard view of Vichy France being a willful collaborator with Nazis. Is there an actual debate, or is this a nationalist tale of WWII?	4
Is there any known long-term attempts to pretend a ruler was still alive after their death, à la Dr. Moreau or Mullah Omar?	4
Ambroise Paré's prosthetic limbs seem quite a bit more complicated than a hook used before and after. Apparently he did use them, but how influential were his designs, and were they used well after his death?	4
What was the effect of the Zanzibar Revolution on other newly-independent African states with commercially successful and politically influential minority groups? Was there a feeling that change was needed? Was there fears of a potential revolution aimed at minority racial groups?	4
Explorers from Italy like Columbus, Vespucci and Cabot became famous explorers in service of foreign crowns. Even minor explorers (da Noli or Cadamosto) served others but not for Venice or Genoa. Why didn't the maritime Italian states end up setting their own expeditions beyond the Mediterranean?	4
In the Pacific Islands before the 20th century, what was the lifestyle of the leisure class? What did it take to become a member of the class, how easy was it to lose it?	4

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