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The surrender of Germany (WWI) & Japan (WWII) are often described as demoralizing to their nation/peoples. Is this a common sentiment, historically, or is it a product of the relatively recent concepts of nationalism/patriotism?	7
Do the various monarchist movements/pretenders to the thrones of Europe continue to have any 20th century support or do they basically exist in name only? (Uh pre-1994, of course. Alyways pre-1994)	7
It's often highlighted that 50% of Rome's expenditures went towards its military. Were they an outlier, or did other ancient civilizations spend as much, or more?	6
Has any monarch/president/prime minister/etc committed suicide while on the throne/in office?	6
Before radio and television, was there a limit to how far a language could spread, geographically, before it would begin to splinter off into separate dialects and eventually new languages?	6
Is the notion of the "great power as international policeman" a strictly modern one, or are there historical precedents for humanitarian intervention?	6
Without the benefit of hindsight, was there genuine fear during WWII that either Germany or Japan posed an existential threat to the United States?	5
How is the pre-reform British House of Lords viewed by historians, strictly in terms of it's performance as a governing body? Was reform purely a rejection of the hereditary peerage, or was it also ineffective?	5
At some point in history, humans moved beyond wars over resources and onto wars of conquest - was there a specific technological threshold that was passed that enabled this?	3
How were medieval/early modern European governments administered? Were specific responsibilities (navy, intelligence, taxation, foreign policy, etc) delegated to secretaries/ministers, or was it ad hoc?	3

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