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Bronze appears to feature prominently in antiquity alongside iron, especially in the arms industry but appears to have largely disappeared in the Middle Ages, before finding new life in artillery production. Why did it seemingly fall out of favor and what was the role of bronze in Medieval Europe?
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In 1939, the eastern half of Poland was occupied by the Soviet Union. What was life like under the Soviet occupation and what happened to the previously Soviet occupied territories after their liberation from the Germans?
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How substantial was the Catholic population of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, how many of them were Franks/Westerners, and what happened to them when the Kingdom of Jerusalem was conquered?
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To what extent were the Warsaw Pact nations puppets of the USSR? To what extent could say, East Germany reasonably stand up to Soviet intervention in their affairs?
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Today's Bollywood is dominated by a few very important families. How did these families grow to be so ubiquitous?
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The first aggressive fascist action violating the league of nations was Italy's invasion of Ethiopia. As the first nation to commit such a gross violation of the agreement, did Italy expect a severe backlash from the western powers?
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A lot of fields encompassed under "business", particularly management and consulting, are infamous for their bullshit buzzwords. When and why did American businessmen start objectively leveraging their competencies and existing team-driven paradigms in monetizing agile client deliverables?
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Did India ever consider attempting to annex Sri Lanka? Did Sri Lanka ever consider joining India? What kept this merger from happening?
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