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During the First Crusade's Siege of Antioch, Christian forces entered the city with the help of a traitorous guardsman. How common were such tactics in the Early and High Middle Ages, and to what extent was espionage used as a tactic of war?

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About how old are pyramid or "multi level marketing" schemes, and how lucrative might one have been before understanding of their fraudulent nature entered the public consciousness?

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What is the oldest known instance of ritualized burial? What do we understand about why burial began as a tradition?

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Where, how, and why did"drag culture" develop in the US?

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How and why did a great deal of Dante's "Inferno" and Milton's "Paradise Lost" become a part of Christian canon for some Christian groups when much of their content is non-Biblical?

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What are the earliest records we have of people theorizing or thinking about “extraterrestrial life” as we might think of it today (I.e. of alien life that might function via biological processes similar to our own?)

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Wikipedia suggests there is little history of stand-up comedy before the late 18th century in the UK and the late 19th in the US. But the form itself is quite simple...is there really so little history of people gathering to enjoy observational or other forms of humor before the periods in Europe?

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How much of a revolution was the invention of the locking door?

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In an AP World History class, I was taught a general outline of how (successful) political revolutions tend to work. Is this an agreed upon phenomena across the historical field?

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Is there historical consensus that Joseph Smith just made it all up?

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During the First Crusade's Siege of Antioch, Christian forces entered the city with the help of a traitorous guardsman. How common were such tactics in the Early and High Middle Ages, and to what extent was espionage used as a tactic of war?	8
About how old are pyramid or "multi level marketing" schemes, and how lucrative might one have been before understanding of their fraudulent nature entered the public consciousness?	8
What is the oldest known instance of ritualized burial? What do we understand about why burial began as a tradition?	8
Where, how, and why did"drag culture" develop in the US?	6
How and why did a great deal of Dante's "Inferno" and Milton's "Paradise Lost" become a part of Christian canon for some Christian groups when much of their content is non-Biblical?	6
What are the earliest records we have of people theorizing or thinking about “extraterrestrial life” as we might think of it today (I.e. of alien life that might function via biological processes similar to our own?)	6
Wikipedia suggests there is little history of stand-up comedy before the late 18th century in the UK and the late 19th in the US. But the form itself is quite simple...is there really so little history of people gathering to enjoy observational or other forms of humor before the periods in Europe?	5
How much of a revolution was the invention of the locking door?	4
In an AP World History class, I was taught a general outline of how (successful) political revolutions tend to work. Is this an agreed upon phenomena across the historical field?	3
Is there historical consensus that Joseph Smith just made it all up?	2