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Why was Pope Gregory X unable to rally Europeans to assist the ailing Crusading States? Had there been some sort of shift that made further crusades less appealing?	11
A 3,500 year-old tree-fetching expedition seems to be the subject of reliefs at Karnack and Deir el-Bahri. What were the ancient Egyptians up to, and why did they feel the need to memorialize tree planting?	11
Cod liver oil appears in many 19th century accounts as a cure-all forced down the throats of sick children. How did this trend start, and did it work?	11
Did the foreign-imposed Panama Canal turn out to be a net benefit for Panama?	11
In, "The Art of Not Being Governed," historian James C. Scott suggests the mountainous upland regions of Asia are peopled by refugees fleeing forced integration into powerful states, and continuously resisted state formation, taxes, laws, and forced labor, and "progress." Is this correct?	11
The Villa of the Papyri in Pompei had an Epicurean-themed library. Why do historians think it also contained a far larger general library?	11
Why did so much wealth accumulate in the Mediterranean's Renaissance trade hubs like Florence, Genoa, Venice, etc, when it apparently did not, to the same degree, in Classical trade hubs like Athens, Alexandria, Rome, etc?	11
Was Abraham Lincoln a good lawyer? Was he as effective at convincing juries using the same relentless logic and clarity displayed in political speeches such as his Peoria speech?	11
When did the late Romans/Byzantines stop building fortified camps every night while they were on campaign? Why would they give up this strategy, which earlier generals had praised?	11
How did the return of Hong Kong to the Chinese come to pass when the UK had a legal claim to much of the island?	11

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