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Did any Native American confederations/chiefdoms think welcoming (early) European settlers to their disease-depopulated lands would be a good thing? Were they trying to repopulate their areas or gain allies that would be dependent on them?	5
The Third Earl of Shaftesbury was, "second only to (John) Locke in terms of influence during the eighteenth century." I've read some of Shaftesbury's writing and don't see why he was so influential, or in the same league as Locke. How did he impact the 18th century?	5
Yung Wing was the first Chinese person to graduate from an American University in 1854. What did he tell his countrymen about the United States and Western culture when he returned home?	5
Competition for Rome's top elected positions was fierce. Did many eligible patricians serve in the Senate but never stand for office, or opt out of the Senate entirely? Would this be shameful?	5
Was any part of America well equipped with enough bomb shelters to withstand a nuclear attack? Would the shelters have been effective? What happened to them after the Cold War?	5
The guillotine was France's preferred method of execution until the abolition of capital punishment in 1981. What were guillotine executions like in the mid-late 20th century? Were they public spectacles people came out to watch?	5
Is the Hollywood image of whip-armed overseers guarding slaves in the ancient world at all accurate? How were slaves really overseen?	5
If Greek citizens never trained for war during peacetime, what was Socrates going on about?	5
Did Sparta's fall from geopolitical prominence coincide with demographic retrenchment/falling fertility rates? Could Sparta have realistically rebounded?	5
King Richard the Lionheart and Saladin had a frenemy bromance thing going on according to some historians. Should we believe this claim, or was this just King Richard's propaganda to show that even his infidel enemies loved him?	5

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