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What did Hindu scholarship regarding other religions resemble in late antiquity? Would a learned individual in the Indian subcontinent be able to learn about narratives regarding Muhammad or Jesus?	2
Did Americans in the 18th century believe that their vote mattered, or was secure in some way? What about leading up to the Great Depression?	2
Ancient, run-down mansions inhabited by poor decedents is a common trope in western fiction; is there any particularly outstanding examples in history of this phenomena?	2
What was the reaction from the average Indonesian to the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies? Was it effected heavily by existing ethno-religious sentiments?	2
Is it just a fluke of history that most historical francophone regions in the America's have had endemic or historical connotations with rural poverty that stand apart from their non-francophone neighbors?	1
What was the role of France's colonies in the instability of their mother country during the Long 19th Century?	1
What was the relation of France's relative instability in terms of a lack of a long-term political status quo and the swift construction of it's colonial empire during the long 19th century?	1
Did foreign countries ever ban media produced by Napoleonic France (newpapers, art, books, ect) on the basis that it was 'foreign propaganda'? Could a British individual be able to obtain, say, French newspapers, or would possession of such things be considered problematic or untrustwory?	1
Could Hong Kong's outsized influence in global society be attributed partially on it having a highly bilingual population along/or it's population of British immigrants and expats?	1
Why is Bigfoot considered to be folklore instead of a part of indigenous belief systems?	1

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