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Peter the Great founded Saint Petersburg so Russia would have a major port that didn't freeze over and become useless during winter. This seems an obvious move, so why didn't a Tsar before Peter create a new port further south?
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Did the introduction of horses in the Americas change the balance of power between hunter-gatherers and settled agriculturalists?
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Modern philosophers seem more concerned with logic chopping than practical life questions, but Epicurus, Seneca, and Antisthenes say too much logic would interfere with your ability to become a good philosopher and live a good life. How did this split in philosophy occur?
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Why were English scholars banned from the University of Paris in 1167? Was this banning the impetus for the creation of Oxford, Cambridge, since would-be scholars had nowhere to study and had to create something locally?
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Why were Spain and Portugal handed all of the new world by the pope? How well did the other powers respect his edict?
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Madison concluded the Articles of Confederation system was dysfunctional and doomed by 1784, and in seeking a replacement, he looked to the ancient Greek confederacies. In letters, he wondered what had brought down ancient Republics/confederations. Did he find any convincing answers?
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Did the British Empire function as a single market economy such as the US or EU has? Would citizens have felt like their buying power could command goods and services from across the far corners of the globe?
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After his numerous defeats, how close did the Continental Congress come to stripping George Washington of his command of the Continental Army?
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