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The Maniots were the last holdouts of Rome/The Byzantine Empire, and managed to fend off the Turks for hundreds of years without being conquered. Why did they manage to hold out when the rest of Greece fell? Were the Turks trying very hard to conquer them?	10
When did it become legal for the US to elect female presidents? What sort of movement brought this about?	10
What happened to the Church of England in the US after the War of Independence?	10
When did the U.S. vice presidency become more than just a backup slot for the presidency? What lead them to have actual power and a role of their own?	10
Romulus Augustus was the last emperor of the western Roman empire. Was Romulus an anachronistic name when he was born in 460 A.D.?	10
Did George Washington and his estate take a large financial hit when he freed his slaves? Was he trying to start a trend? Did many people follow his lead?	10
Unlike the Bhagavad Gita, the Dao De Jing, or the Bible, The Book of Mormon was not created by an established religion. Rather Mormonism is a religion created by a book. Is this a unique inversion in the history of religions?	10
Americans once earnestly believed that by studying the words of Dante or Plutarch or by examining the history of Rome or 16th century England, one could learn important truths about human nature and human civilization. Every leader needed to know history & literature. When and why did this end?	10
Plato had no problem being ruled by a king so long as the monarch was a trained philosopher. When did philosophers start to oppose the idea of monarchy on philosophical grounds?	10
Stalin famously forced Russia to modernize/industrialize very quickly in the 20s and 30s, taking it from an agrarian economy of serfs to an industrial powerhouse in just a few years. How instrumental was this forced — and painful — modernization in allowing the country to withstand WWII?	10

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