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How was Muscovy related to the Kievan Rus? Were they rivals or was it part of the Kievan Rus? Also, how did Muscoy survive, while the Kievan Rus was destroyed by the Mongols?	9
Did the Mughals recognize the Ottoman sultan as caliph?	7
When it comes to Roman historians like Tacitus and Suetonius were they works preserved due to their reputation as great historians, or is the fact that we have their works at all just a matter of chance? Was there any rhyme or reason to which works survived the Fall of Rome?	6
I have been told that Rome was originally a colony of Greece. How true is this? Clearly Rome was influenced by Greece, but isn't this more a case of cultural influence?	6
Indiana was a solid Union state and even sent a Radical Republican to the senate during Reconstruction. In 1922 it had the largest Klan in the country. What changed attitudes? Is it fair to say that the North became more racist as a result of the Great Migration and international immigration?	5
What were the Byzantines / East Romans called by their contemporaries in the Middle Ages?	5
When King Louis XVI called for an Estates General in 1789 the delegates that made up the Third Estate were voted on by the people of France. Do we have any idea of how many people voted in this process?	5
I have read that some Midwestern and Northern states banned black people from migrating to them in the early 1800s? Is this true and if so how was this enforced? I am having difficulty finding good sources.	5
How immediate was the impact of disease during Cortes's conquest of the Aztec Empire? Did this play an actual direct role in the outcome of battles between the Spanish and the Aztecs?	3
I have read that salt was so rare that Romans used it as a form of currency, but when did salt become something ordinary people could actually get their hands on? Also, was it rare in Europe or across the world?	2

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