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After the Confederate States left the Union, most of the proslavery vote disappeared. So how hard was it for Lincoln to get the Thirteenth Amendment passed among the remaining states? Did he have to do a lot of horse-trading? What did he have to give up to end slavery?	2
The Lombards emerged from Scandinavia and began raiding Roman territory as early as the second century before capturing all of Italy in the 6th century. Did the Lombards worship what we would consider traditional Scandinavian/viking gods like Odin during this period?	2
Did the United States become more religious between the American Revolution and the Civil War?	2
Unencrypted Russian radio broadcasts are a huge strategic liability in Ukraine. How big of a problem was radio interception in your war of focus in the radio era?	2
Did the people of ancient Judea live primarily off the fruit of the Judean Date Palm?	2
When Greek cities and other ancient Mediterranean states exiled their citizens, how did that work on a practical level?	2
How much wealth and freedom could a merchant achieve in pharaonic Egypt? Was there a place for a canny trader plying the Mediterranean to thrive in Egyptian society, somewhere between the Pharoah and his nobles above and the numerous peasants and slaves below?	2
Did the UK ever grant colonial India democratic representation, in India or at a federated level as park of the whole UK?	2
We're told the "Five Good Emperors," of Rome chose their successors based on ability. But were their options limited to those who were at least distantly related to them by blood?	2
The term "European," rarely appeared in books before pretty recently, but "Europe," certainly did. Should we infer that our modern conception of a "European," people with similar traits and values is pretty new, and that before then European ethnic groups were seen as having little in common?	2

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