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What logistical problems did Medieval European leaders face in order to prevent starvation? (11th-14th century)
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What were Israel's reasons for not wanting UN troops on their side of the border prior to the Six Days' War?
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Could it be said that Christianity has since moved from believing the world could end any minute now to the End Times being a bit further off?
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In a country of a couple of million of inhabitants, why did America have such a pitifully low voter turnout rate in its first few elections, and why did the number suddenly begin to explode around the 1820s?
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Why, when and how did America assume the symbolic and political role of being the bastion of Capitalism?
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Do we know the sentiments of US Jim Crow states, be they the public, politicians or soldiers, about fighting the Nazis in WW2? Would they have been mad to fight a country that took great inspiration from their racial and eugenic laws?
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Why did the genes of Crusader populations leave no imprint in genome of the modern Middle East populace?
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Seeing how the "mind palaces" memory technique was used by many different peoples, do we know of any actual palaces or landmarks whose purpose was to make people recall certain facts?
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