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Sulla thought the Roman Republic was broken and seized power in an attempt to fix it. How successful were his reforms?	9
The CIA paid authors to write cold war literary fiction as backdoor propaganda in Europe. What did this program look like? We they paying big-name authors? What was the scale of the program?	8
Miletus was a powerful Greek city-state in the sixth century B.C., with over 90 colonies in Thrace and around the Black Sea. Did the colonies serve as a free-trade trading system, in which goods were exchanged without tariffs? Was most trade at the time taxed?	8
Was the United State's switch from a conscripted military force to a professional one highly contentious at the time, or simply accepted as rational due to the poor performance of drafted troops in Vietnam?	8
Was ordering a Roman to kill themselves considered more compassionate than simply having him executed? If not, why did this method of forced self-execution exist?	8
The Romans passed several laws against overeating and buying fancy foods. Were they effective? Were they ever enforced?	8
17th Century French Art was heavily influenced by Japan and China. Did Western art influence any Asian countries during this period?	8
Did any significant city state peopled by classical era civilizations get planted on the western coast of Africa? If not, do we know any factors that stopped them from being established?	8
How much was Carthage assisted by the Phoenician colonies under its sway, such as Utica, during the Punic Wars?	8
What lead Hitler to dramatically underestimate the United States? Was he drawing on delusional intuition or merely incorrect intelligence? What role did the Great Depression play in shaping his views?	8

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