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In Crash Course: Big History, he mentions that "By the 1900s, most Europeans enjoyed a standard of living higher than the Kings of the Middle Ages." Is this true?

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Why did it take so long for a majority of scholars to accept that the Civil War's proximate cause was slavery?

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Exactly how bad were the conditions for those migrating to north america in the 1600s? Who were migrating?

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Why did the Spanish Empire collapse in the 19th century while most other colonial powers were expanding rapidly?

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Did Viking babies sleep in the area with the animals?

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How many "viking" helmets have we found?

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Was the Western Front of World War I really a continuous, stinking, muddy, inhumane system of parallel lines from the Belgian coast to Switzerland like it is often implied in books for example?

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What factors lead to South Korea's economic development after the Korean War?

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I'm a Mediterranean sailor around the year 1400. What is my life like? (How much do I earn, what type of work is most common, how often am I at sea, do I have a family?)

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In video games, you can usually go up to an opponent's body and pick up the arrows you just killed him with using your bow. Those arrows can then be used again. Is this realistic? Would most arrowsheads stay intact after being pulled out of a body?

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In Crash Course: Big History, he mentions that "By the 1900s, most Europeans enjoyed a standard of living higher than the Kings of the Middle Ages." Is this true?	4
Why did it take so long for a majority of scholars to accept that the Civil War's proximate cause was slavery?	4
Exactly how bad were the conditions for those migrating to north america in the 1600s? Who were migrating?	4
Why did the Spanish Empire collapse in the 19th century while most other colonial powers were expanding rapidly?	4
Did Viking babies sleep in the area with the animals?	4
How many "viking" helmets have we found?	4
Was the Western Front of World War I really a continuous, stinking, muddy, inhumane system of parallel lines from the Belgian coast to Switzerland like it is often implied in books for example?	4
What factors lead to South Korea's economic development after the Korean War?	4
I'm a Mediterranean sailor around the year 1400. What is my life like? (How much do I earn, what type of work is most common, how often am I at sea, do I have a family?)	4
In video games, you can usually go up to an opponent's body and pick up the arrows you just killed him with using your bow. Those arrows can then be used again. Is this realistic? Would most arrowsheads stay intact after being pulled out of a body?	4