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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
When and why did abortion become a major political issue in the United States?	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
Xenophon was elected to take command of the 10,000 Greeks stranded in Persian territory after all the high ranking officers were massacred in a trap. How firmly would his control of his soldiers have been as an elected officer? Were there other officers competing for command?	10
To what degree did Italians think of themselves as a united group before the country's unification in the 19th century?	10
Have historians estimated how many philosophers were running around the ancient Roman Empire? Some ancient writings make it seem like there were plagues of Cynics in the streets of major cities.	10
Was the hoplite-style soldier totally replaced by the Macedonian-style phalanx after Alexander's conquests, or did they remain common in some areas?	10
Did european monks ever militarize to defend themselves from the century + of frequent Viking raids that destroyed so many monasteries?	10
Caracalla made every free male a citizen of the Roman empire, enfranchising millions of people. Did he do this primarily to increase tax revenue? How much money are we talking here? Did the enfranchisement "dilute" the Roman brand and remove the incentive of military service for citizenship?	10
When did it become legal for the US to elect female presidents? What sort of movement brought this about?	10

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