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Were archers disproportionately muscled on one side?	3
Do historians mostly agree that there was a Eurasian "Axial Age" revolutionizing philosophy and religion from the 8th to 3rd centuries B.C.? What common denominator caused this shift over so wide an area? Were the ideas/religions very different from what came before?	3
What was the impact of "the spoils system," of US presidents giving political jobs and offices to supporters in the 19th century? Did it frequently lead to unqualified civil servants?	3
How did Amazonian explorers like Richard Schultes keep their field notebooks dry while wading through swamps and enduring downpours?	3
Nassim Taleb says that Roman Engineers had to spend time living under the bridges they built - what's the source for this?	3
Socrates served in at least three campaigns against Sparta as a hoplite —including once when he was old enough to have begged off —and acquitted himself well, saving Alcibiades and a senior Athenian general. Was he morally opposed to this war but serving because he believed it was his duty?	3
Did the Crusader states ever become self-sustaining, and supported by their Muslim/Orthodox populations?	3
How aware were ancient Greeks that their constant infighting and disunity left them open to conquest from larger powers, and did they ever make any attempts to federalize their city states?	3
123 Countries are part of the International Criminal Court, including virtually all of Europe and numerous African and Latin American countries. China, Russia, and the United States are notably not members, and don't adhere to court decisions. Why is the US in the same boat as China and Russia?	3
Phillip of Macedonia had multiple wives as once. Do we know much about how they lived together and interacted?	3

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