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What was the administrative structure of the Ottoman Empire like in the first half of the 19th century?	20
To what extent, if any, did America's War Plan Orange influence American strategy in the Pacific theater during World War 2?	19
What support did the Soviet Union provide to the CCP during the 1945-49 phase of the Chinese Civil War?	18
Are there any examples of a clergyman being given (or taking) the right to leave the Catholic Church in order to inherit lands?	18
You're at your most vulnerable when ill, and that's no less true for a ruler. How have modern dictators, who might consider themselves or their government vulnerable during procedures, tended to handle relations with their health and physicians? Has a suspicion of doctors and procedures been marked?	13
What happened to the mansions and lavish estates of the wealthy following the Bolshevik Revolution? How were the buildings repurposed, if at all?	11
What was the administrative structure of the Ottoman Empire like in the first half of the 19th century?	11
During the last years of the Wiemar period, while the KPD was gaining ground, did it have a plan of action about what to do in the aftermath of a victorious election? Was there an expectation that they would face (mass) resistance, and if so how did they hope to deal with the situation?	7
Before the Great Schism became formal, was there still a de facto divide between the Catholics and the 'proto-Orthodox' peoples of the east, beyond political conflict between the Pope and Roman Emperor? Was, for example, the Pope less likely to pay attention to eastern concerns?	7
Regarding internal revolutions such as the Hungarian Revolution and Prague Spring, how seriously did East European politicians believe their own governments' official stances that the revolutions were bourgeois and counter-revolutionary, as opposed to being rooted in legitimate grievances?	7

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