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How did industrialists and politicians like Nakajima Chikuhei lobby against war with the USA? (Both what were their methods and what data did they present?)

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How and when did Orson Welles's reputation recover from the failure of "Citizen Kane?"

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Other than the Ancient Egyptian Language being a precursor to Coptic, did Athanasius Kircher get anything right about Ancient Egypt? What was the quality of his Sinology? Did he have any recognizable scientific methodologies?

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How is archaeologist Ian Morris's method of estimating the energy production and use of ancient civilizations viewed by peers? Are there competing methodologies?

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Alcohol prohibition in the US is almost always called a failure... but was there ever a quantified target for reduction in alcohol consumption to compare the results to?

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Were the countries that were the primary slave exporters for the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade static or dynamic across its history and how did the beginning, height, and end of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade affect their economies?

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Was Julian Jaynes correct about changes in the ways ancient texts described emotion, pre- and post-Bronze Age Collapse?

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What is the methodological quality of James C Scott's "Seeing Like A State?" How does academia view his political analysis?

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What were the effects of the various boycotts against South Africa?

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What do we know about the motives of the Haradas and Shintani? To what extent did the NIihau Incident contribute to Japanese Internment?

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How did industrialists and politicians like Nakajima Chikuhei lobby against war with the USA? (Both what were their methods and what data did they present?)	3
How and when did Orson Welles's reputation recover from the failure of "Citizen Kane?"	3
Other than the Ancient Egyptian Language being a precursor to Coptic, did Athanasius Kircher get anything right about Ancient Egypt? What was the quality of his Sinology? Did he have any recognizable scientific methodologies?	3
How is archaeologist Ian Morris's method of estimating the energy production and use of ancient civilizations viewed by peers? Are there competing methodologies?	3
Alcohol prohibition in the US is almost always called a failure... but was there ever a quantified target for reduction in alcohol consumption to compare the results to?	3
Were the countries that were the primary slave exporters for the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade static or dynamic across its history and how did the beginning, height, and end of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade affect their economies?	3
Was Julian Jaynes correct about changes in the ways ancient texts described emotion, pre- and post-Bronze Age Collapse?	3
What is the methodological quality of James C Scott's "Seeing Like A State?" How does academia view his political analysis?	3
What were the effects of the various boycotts against South Africa?	3
What do we know about the motives of the Haradas and Shintani? To what extent did the NIihau Incident contribute to Japanese Internment?	3