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Why is "papal states" a plural word? Were they multiple official states all with the pope as their head? Was it one effective government?

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Why did the Maori not conquer aboriginal Australia?

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How stable was the Nazi economy? Would it have collapsed without war as some claim?

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Considering the level of debate it garnered, were there ever any reasonable, sensible defenses of the patronage/spoils system in the 19th century US?

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I suppose this is more a question of historiography, but in academia, how intertwined are using marx's methods ("marxists historians") and ideologically being marxist?

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Did the Japanese Empire plan to expand Chinese Emperor Pu Yi's puppet rule over Manchuria to the rest of the mainland upon a victory in the second world war?

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How accurate is this assessment of pre-gunpowder combat patters at the top of BestOf?

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What happened to legal professionals during major regime changes (ie French or American revolutions)

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Who was the first individual to realize that light took time to get to a point, as opposed to being instantaneous?

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What contact existed between Chinese or other ancient eastern states and indigenous siberians? How was the land far north of the Yangtze regarded?

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Why is "papal states" a plural word? Were they multiple official states all with the pope as their head? Was it one effective government?	12
Why did the Maori not conquer aboriginal Australia?	11
How stable was the Nazi economy? Would it have collapsed without war as some claim?	10
Considering the level of debate it garnered, were there ever any reasonable, sensible defenses of the patronage/spoils system in the 19th century US?	10
I suppose this is more a question of historiography, but in academia, how intertwined are using marx's methods ("marxists historians") and ideologically being marxist?	9
Did the Japanese Empire plan to expand Chinese Emperor Pu Yi's puppet rule over Manchuria to the rest of the mainland upon a victory in the second world war?	9
How accurate is this assessment of pre-gunpowder combat patters at the top of BestOf?	9
What happened to legal professionals during major regime changes (ie French or American revolutions)	9
Who was the first individual to realize that light took time to get to a point, as opposed to being instantaneous?	9
What contact existed between Chinese or other ancient eastern states and indigenous siberians? How was the land far north of the Yangtze regarded?	9