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What is the origin of a red cross as a symbol for medicine?

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Where does the tradition of exchanging rings to signify marriage come from?

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Why cotton? Why was it cotton textiles that proved crucial to kick-starting the Industrial Revolution? Why not coal or steel or food or something (that seems to me) more important?

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Wikipedia says Ibn Khaldun was the "forerunner of... historiography, sociology, economics, and demography." Was he really that influential? Do his theories and ideas still hold up? How important is he in the development of historical thought?

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Why did Lord Balfour issue the Balfour Declaration? What did Britain have to gain by supporting Zionist interests in Palestine at the expense of their Saudi and Hashimite allies?

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What was the reaction of Palestinian Jews to European Zionism?

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What was the nature of public entertainment in ancient China?

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Chariot races were extremely popular in the Byzantine Empire, and were infamous for their high death tolls. Was there any push to make the races safer for participants?

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To what extent were eunuchs created and used in the Roman Empire?

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Although the UN adopted the Genocide Convention in 1948, the treaty was not ratified by the United States until 1988. Why did it take the United States so long to ratify something so fundamental and important?

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What is the origin of a red cross as a symbol for medicine?	6
Where does the tradition of exchanging rings to signify marriage come from?	5
Why cotton? Why was it cotton textiles that proved crucial to kick-starting the Industrial Revolution? Why not coal or steel or food or something (that seems to me) more important?	5
Wikipedia says Ibn Khaldun was the "forerunner of... historiography, sociology, economics, and demography." Was he really that influential? Do his theories and ideas still hold up? How important is he in the development of historical thought?	5
Why did Lord Balfour issue the Balfour Declaration? What did Britain have to gain by supporting Zionist interests in Palestine at the expense of their Saudi and Hashimite allies?	5
What was the reaction of Palestinian Jews to European Zionism?	5
What was the nature of public entertainment in ancient China?	4
Chariot races were extremely popular in the Byzantine Empire, and were infamous for their high death tolls. Was there any push to make the races safer for participants?	4
To what extent were eunuchs created and used in the Roman Empire?	4
Although the UN adopted the Genocide Convention in 1948, the treaty was not ratified by the United States until 1988. Why did it take the United States so long to ratify something so fundamental and important?	4