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What was the nature of Italian merchant-republic trade with China? Were the Polos the first to reach and directly trade with China? How did it compare with later trade pursued by other Europeans?

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Reading Democracy in America, de Tocqueville seems to think the Mississippi watershed was going to become the center of American power and population. Was this a common view or prediction for America's future?

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What did ancient and medieval states that levied taxes in agricultural produce do with that produce?

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Was someone killing the members of the Japanese Imperial family up until the Meiji Restoration?

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Herodotus calls the Athenians a Pelasgic people who became Greek as opposed to being Greek originally. Was this a common view among the Greeks and was Greek-ness something that could be attained simply be adopting language and custom?

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Were there any instances in Medieval European history when desperation forced mass conscription and armament of the population?

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Is the creation of States always a top-down affair? It seems every culture that produced a state, at least in history, there was some law-giving King/Great Man that united tribes, adopted a religion. forced people to settle or built a city. Are there any instances of bottom-up state creation?

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During WW2 how were international divisions of companies from enemy nations treated?

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What would have constituted rape to a Mongol like Genghis Khan?

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Did ethnicity-based agitation against authorities occur before the rise of nationalism? If so, what differentiated such rebellions from later nationalist movements?

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What was the nature of Italian merchant-republic trade with China? Were the Polos the first to reach and directly trade with China? How did it compare with later trade pursued by other Europeans?	5
Reading Democracy in America, de Tocqueville seems to think the Mississippi watershed was going to become the center of American power and population. Was this a common view or prediction for America's future?	5
What did ancient and medieval states that levied taxes in agricultural produce do with that produce?	4
Was someone killing the members of the Japanese Imperial family up until the Meiji Restoration?	4
Herodotus calls the Athenians a Pelasgic people who became Greek as opposed to being Greek originally. Was this a common view among the Greeks and was Greek-ness something that could be attained simply be adopting language and custom?	4
Were there any instances in Medieval European history when desperation forced mass conscription and armament of the population?	4
Is the creation of States always a top-down affair? It seems every culture that produced a state, at least in history, there was some law-giving King/Great Man that united tribes, adopted a religion. forced people to settle or built a city. Are there any instances of bottom-up state creation?	4
During WW2 how were international divisions of companies from enemy nations treated?	4
What would have constituted rape to a Mongol like Genghis Khan?	4
Did ethnicity-based agitation against authorities occur before the rise of nationalism? If so, what differentiated such rebellions from later nationalist movements?	4