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The period 1648-1665 was arguably the most calamitous and tragic for the Polish people, only second to the Nazi occupation. Why was the Russo-Swedish Deluge such an incredibly destructive war and how did it lead to the long decline of the once powerful Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?	302
Was Saddam's "switch" from secularism to Islamism after the Gulf War a political move or a genuine conversion?	71
What role did women have in Western Medieval Europe (1200-1450) guilds? Were there all-female guilds? Did the Black Death changed the situation?	18
The Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland in 1940-41 was very harsh, with several instances of massacres, deportations, and destruction of cultural heritage. What are the origins of Russian Anti-Polonism?	17
What was the role of the Jews in the Carolingian Empire and in its most important cities and centres of power? How tolerant were the rulers of the Carolingian dynasty towards them?	14
Why did the Seleucid Empire start to "lose pieces" and break apart just a few decades after it had been established, keeping control only on Syria by the time of the Roman conquest?	9
Throughout its history, China was ravaged by massive wars and invasions, so I'd expect that a lot of libraries have been destroyed. So, is the loss of literary works comparable to that of Graeco-Roman civilization, or not? If not, why?	8
Were there any significant cultural and/or economic exchanges between Latin Western Europe and the Christian kingdoms of Georgia and Armenia? If so, what was their importance for both and how were Georgia or Armenia influenced?	7
What do we know about the invention of glass mirrors?	7
Why did the Romans persecuted druids? What distinguished Celtic religion from other religions tolerated or even assimilated by the Romans?	7

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