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Why did Communism favour totalitarianism over democracy when in theory it was to be a societal paradigm where the people essentially control the government?

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Why didn’t southern Italy break up into various independent states led by prominent cities leading up to the Renaissance like northern Italy did, despite having similar levels of urbanisation?

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How did the Pacific peoples manage to traverse such vast oceanic expanses, in order to 'colonize' new lands? Where do they even come from?

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Why has European colonisation superseded native culture in South Africa so much more than in other regions of the continent?

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Why is there an island of Uralic/Turkic languages in the middle of the Russian heartland?

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Why does north seem to more often than not rule over south within powerful countries?

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How and why was the use of bows and arrows so widespread in the entire planet?

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A lot of the ancient Greeks we know about are named after their hometown (e.g. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Hero of Alexandria, etc.). Was that actually the accepted naming convention in ancient Greece or is it just something later historians have used to differentiate people with similar names?

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Which occupation had the worst overall safety standards and quality of life: A slave farmer in ancient Sparta, an African plantation worker in colonial Brazil or a factory worker in Victorian England?

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Was Alaska considered a colony by the Russians? And if so, then what did they produce/extract from there?

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Why did Communism favour totalitarianism over democracy when in theory it was to be a societal paradigm where the people essentially control the government?	7
Why didn’t southern Italy break up into various independent states led by prominent cities leading up to the Renaissance like northern Italy did, despite having similar levels of urbanisation?	7
How did the Pacific peoples manage to traverse such vast oceanic expanses, in order to 'colonize' new lands? Where do they even come from?	6
Why has European colonisation superseded native culture in South Africa so much more than in other regions of the continent?	6
Why is there an island of Uralic/Turkic languages in the middle of the Russian heartland?	6
Why does north seem to more often than not rule over south within powerful countries?	6
How and why was the use of bows and arrows so widespread in the entire planet?	6
A lot of the ancient Greeks we know about are named after their hometown (e.g. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Hero of Alexandria, etc.). Was that actually the accepted naming convention in ancient Greece or is it just something later historians have used to differentiate people with similar names?	5
Which occupation had the worst overall safety standards and quality of life: A slave farmer in ancient Sparta, an African plantation worker in colonial Brazil or a factory worker in Victorian England?	5
Was Alaska considered a colony by the Russians? And if so, then what did they produce/extract from there?	5