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What is the process of the decline of a military superpower like? How did the process look like for UK being the world's superpower to one having a less capable military?

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In the anime Spice and Wolf, a kingdom devalued the metal purity of its currency to gain profit, and gave privileges to merchants who gave back the old purer coins. How common or was there such a practice in Medieval/Renaissance Europe?

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How and when did the practice of ohaguro (teeth blackening, plucking eyebrows and painting them afterwards) among women disappeared and went into decline in Japan?

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Why did the CIA help Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in the Cuban Revolution?

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Was the fall of Byzantium in 1453 inevitable or not? Is there any chance they could have hold out for longer?

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How is Western/American/Japanese pop culture and consciousness's overfixation only and solely on the Ancient Egypt of the Pharaohs viewed in modern contemporary Islamic Egypt?

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What is the difference between modern human trafficking and slavery? When and why did we start using the term "human trafficking" instead of simply saying "slavery"?

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Why is a modern American Japanese subculture and fashion named after the East Germanic peoples who invaded the Western Roman Empire?

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After the Meiji Revolution, seeing that Japan westernized and adopted Western culture and technology, did the Japanese back then considered converting to Christianity?

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What was popular culture in Ancient Rome like?

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What is the process of the decline of a military superpower like? How did the process look like for UK being the world's superpower to one having a less capable military?	5
In the anime Spice and Wolf, a kingdom devalued the metal purity of its currency to gain profit, and gave privileges to merchants who gave back the old purer coins. How common or was there such a practice in Medieval/Renaissance Europe?	5
How and when did the practice of ohaguro (teeth blackening, plucking eyebrows and painting them afterwards) among women disappeared and went into decline in Japan?	5
Why did the CIA help Fidel Castro and Che Guevara in the Cuban Revolution?	5
Was the fall of Byzantium in 1453 inevitable or not? Is there any chance they could have hold out for longer?	4
How is Western/American/Japanese pop culture and consciousness's overfixation only and solely on the Ancient Egypt of the Pharaohs viewed in modern contemporary Islamic Egypt?	4
What is the difference between modern human trafficking and slavery? When and why did we start using the term "human trafficking" instead of simply saying "slavery"?	4
Why is a modern American Japanese subculture and fashion named after the East Germanic peoples who invaded the Western Roman Empire?	4
After the Meiji Revolution, seeing that Japan westernized and adopted Western culture and technology, did the Japanese back then considered converting to Christianity?	4
What was popular culture in Ancient Rome like?	3