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Influential Japanese christian pacifist and reformer Toyohiko Kagawa said that Buddhists could not compete with Christ. Why did he believe this?	8
How did Alexander Hamilton successfully advocate for the assumption of state debt by the federal government while obfuscating that it would enshrine the supremacy of centralized power in the US? Did he somehow hide the ramifications while still finding a successful way to promote the idea?	8
Did Ralph Waldo Emerson's Transcendentalism have a significant impact on the broader American Public, or was it a mostly niche philosophical and spiritual system?	8
Paper arrived in Italy in the 12th century A.D., but Italian books/codices were primarily handwritten on velum as late as the 15th century. Why didn't paper dominate the book trade earlier? Why were Renaissance works of literature still reliant on the expensive animal skins?	8
Why was ancient Greek considered better than Latin for for discussing philosophy and other intellectual topics in the ancient world? Did Greek have better vocabulary for discussing these themes, or were upper class Romans just being snooty about their language use?	8
How much of St. Peter's Basilica was new construction vs finished marble columns, statues, and other building materials looted from Roman Ruins during the Renaissance? Was the church more a remelding of the old than something new?	8
By the 8th century, printing had become popular in Asia. Did the arrival of fairly affordable printed books make a major impact on the east?	8
We hear a lot about Stoics, Epicureans, and Cynics of the classical world, but rarely about Pyronnian Skepticism and its followers. Were many people following this philosophical school, which is supposed to be based of proto Buddhist thought? What sort of influence did it have?	8
How did the balance of power shift from the Merovingian kings to their servants, the Mayors Of The Palace?	8
Did the nonaligned movement of countries wanting to avoid taking sides during the Cold War work out well for those countries? How did they benefit?	8

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