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What was the experience like for Bulgarian and Romanian soldiers when their respective countries switched sides in WW2 to the Allied powers and fought against their former allies alongside the Soviets?	4
How did ancient societies interpret and understand civilizations older than themselves? (I.E. Classical Greeks understanding of Bronze age Greek civilizations and New/Ptolemaic Egyptians understanding of Old/Middle Kingdom)	4
In the Book The Looming Tower, Lawrence Wright says how the Grand Mosque Seizure in 1979 involved Foreigners, including some Black American Muslims. What was the experience of Islam and Black American Muslims like in the 60s and 70s?	4
In his book 'A Foreign Policy for the Left', Michael Walzer implies that the assassinations of 'Independent leftists' by the Viet Cong was part of a deliberate strategy by North. Is this true and what was the goals of the North's assassination Campaign?	3
What was the view of the depiction of dead bodies in photographs or film during WW2 and what public consumption there was towards that?	3
On what basis were the canonical books in the Old and New Testament chosen and what ones that became the apocrypha, were not?	2
Early book covers have plain designs with the title and author on it, rarely any elaborate designs. How did book covers evolve to today's norm of elaborate designs on book covers?	2
What have been some major contributions to American History that have been made by non-American Historians?	2
What was Carlism and how did this movement that emerged in the earl-mid 19th century play an important part in the Spanish Civil War nearly 100 years later and how did they interact with the Franco Regime?	2
What was the Rational behind Roman persecution of Christians?	1

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