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In the ancient Roman re-enactments of naval battles (naumachiæ), did the battles adhere closely to the historical events, or were the participants free to fight for their own survival, even if it meant the wrong side won?	4
If modern civilization were destroyed, the first thing I’d do is try to write down as much of the music of Mozart as I could remember, for posterity. Is there any great work of art that survives only in a bastardized version, because someone tried to re-create it after the original was destroyed?	2
What are the oldest human-made structures in the North America, both Native American and European/Colonial? Are there any structures remaining from before 1600?	2
Are there any human-made structures in North America that pre-date 1600? (Native American or European/Colonial)	2
Today I was reading about the drama surrounding Augustus Caesar, Marc Anthony and Cicero... it made me wonder, are there any records of the lives of the leaders of the ancient civilizations in the Americas?	2
What historical structures that have been destroyed do you most wish you could have seen in person?	1
Was the full horror of the Holocaust conceived from the beginning? When the Nazis began sending Jews and others to ghettos, was the goal already mass extermination? Were concentration camps always intended to be death camps, or was there some other ostensible purpose at first?	1
I was just reading a novel set in WWI where the narrator observed, "We all knew that life would never be the same again,"... what would life be like if WWI had never happened, or WWII for that matter?	1
What are the strategies that rulers use to prevent the strongmen they hire from taking over? Which strategies have been successful and unsuccessful?	1

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