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How do you account for the divergence of opinion in the US vs the rest of the West regarding gun control and gun ownership? When did this happen and why?

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Are there any good (entertaining) books you could recommend about the railroad (especially the individuals) in America or Europe during the 1800s?

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How far back can we trace the development of swimming as a sport/competitive activity, and historically speaking, has swimming been mostly restricted to rural populations in the pre-modern era, or had it taken hold within urban or suburban populations?

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Prior to Christianization, are there any reliable records of social or ritualistic cannibalism in Europe?

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How well did the Chinese belligerents perform during the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and the Second Sino-Japanese War? To what can we attribute their more significant victories? How did they treat Japanese prisoners of war?

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Was the USSR an empire? Do historians consider Soviet Russia to have had an empire? If not, why not?

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Are there any records of domestic abuse by absolute monarchs in Europe?

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How did the Bismarck, Scharnhorst and Admiral Graf Spee compare with their contemporaries?

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Did Soviet-Yugoslav relations improve after Stalin's death? How would you characterize those relations until the breakup of Yugoslavia? How were the relations between the U.S. and Yugoslavia during that same period?

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Capital shipbuilding capabilities and expertise in Japan and Germany in the early 20th century

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How do you account for the divergence of opinion in the US vs the rest of the West regarding gun control and gun ownership? When did this happen and why?	12
Are there any good (entertaining) books you could recommend about the railroad (especially the individuals) in America or Europe during the 1800s?	10
How far back can we trace the development of swimming as a sport/competitive activity, and historically speaking, has swimming been mostly restricted to rural populations in the pre-modern era, or had it taken hold within urban or suburban populations?	10
Prior to Christianization, are there any reliable records of social or ritualistic cannibalism in Europe?	9
How well did the Chinese belligerents perform during the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and the Second Sino-Japanese War? To what can we attribute their more significant victories? How did they treat Japanese prisoners of war?	8
Was the USSR an empire? Do historians consider Soviet Russia to have had an empire? If not, why not?	8
Are there any records of domestic abuse by absolute monarchs in Europe?	8
How did the Bismarck, Scharnhorst and Admiral Graf Spee compare with their contemporaries?	8
Did Soviet-Yugoslav relations improve after Stalin's death? How would you characterize those relations until the breakup of Yugoslavia? How were the relations between the U.S. and Yugoslavia during that same period?	7
Capital shipbuilding capabilities and expertise in Japan and Germany in the early 20th century	6