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Libertarians sometimes argue that the United States got along just fine under the Articles of Confederation, which is counter to what I've heard historians say about this era. Is there a compelling argument to be made along those lines?	6
Since ships avoided open water and stuck to hugging the coasts in antiquity — both in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic — would there have been a fairly steady stream of ships within hailing distance of shore going by at all hours of the day?	6
Has there been a significant change in what the broad American public considers appropriate in a children's movie since 1980? If so, are there any good explanations for this change?	6
What was life like for the Greek scholars who fled the fall of Constantinople for the safety of Italy, bringing their lost-to-the-west texts with them? Who were their patrons? Where did they teach? Did they have trouble with the language barrier?	6
Do the exhumed bodies of medieval European peasants have smaller bones, or do they show different signs of disease/ old age, or any other differences compared to their noble-born counterparts?	6
It's said that Diogenes the Cynic lived either in a large jar or a tub. What exactly would his dwelling have looked like? Where was it located, and why did no one mind that he'd claimed it for himself?	6
Were ancient Roman and Greek painters able to produce work of a similar caliber as those from the Renaissance?	6
The southern economy was devastated by the US Civil War. How long did it take to transition from slave labor to free labor and how did this affect GDP?	6
Was Hitler critical to the formation of the Nazi party and its particular ideological obsessions?	6
Christians portray the virgin Mary as bookish, learned, and an intellectual. Historically, how likely would this have been, given her social status and village life?	6

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