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Today, most leaders treat war with rhetorical reluctance. War is rarely proposed as a goal in itself, but instead framed as a last resort/self defense, even when it isn't. Is this a recent change, and if so, when did we transition from describing war as something glorious to something undesirable?	572
What were the logistics of Viking weaponry? If a Norseman wanted an metal weapon to go raiding with, then how did he acquire it? Who made it? Where did the smith buy the metal? Where was the ore mined? Was the supply chain local, regional or global?	293
It's a common trope in the modern world to philosophize on how far technology/civilization has advanced; how lost we would be if we had to start from scratch again. What is the earliest occurrence of such comments in recorded history, the earliest time someone marveled at progress?	38
The Nordic/Scandinavian bronze age people shared "several striking similarities" with the bronze age Greeks, according to Wikipedia. How close was the relationship between Greece and Scandinavia in the bronze age?	26
In questions regarding the history of religions and their practitioners, historians implicitly make judgments as to what persons/groups/polities are members of that religion. How do they make those calls?	6
What effect did the censorship in the Weimar Republic have on the spread and prevalence of nazism?	6
How did Christianity (as a religious group) come to out-compete other European religions, as measured by geographic and demographic scope and cultural influence?	3
How did the major, continent spanning religious groups (e.g. Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, etc) become so dominant? Are there any common factors that explain why these, and not other religions, became so influential?	1

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