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Is it a coincidence that the two largest pre-Columbian American empires, the Aztecs and Incas, both emerged at the same time?

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Were contemporaries concerned with the "faithfulness" of The Empire Strikes Back to the original Star Wars?

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How did early 19th-century textile factories compare to modern sweatshops in terms of work regimen and wage levels?

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Why did Ming China ban foreign trade?

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What sort of social activities were available to groups of medieval (~post-1000 CE) European noblewomen?

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Thanks to the work of Joseph Needham, the exceptional scientific and technological sophistication of medieval China is well known. Did this sophistication have a parallel in Korea and Japan?

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What's the modern consensus on when and how Ukrainian and Russian identity split off from a common Rus' identity?

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Global history of the twentieth century?

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When was the concept of the atomic bomb created? When was it first theorized that such a device could be possible?

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How were the Greek works which later became so significant to the European Medieval and Renaissance "canon" received by the ancient world?

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Is it a coincidence that the two largest pre-Columbian American empires, the Aztecs and Incas, both emerged at the same time?	10
Were contemporaries concerned with the "faithfulness" of The Empire Strikes Back to the original Star Wars?	10
How did early 19th-century textile factories compare to modern sweatshops in terms of work regimen and wage levels?	10
Why did Ming China ban foreign trade?	9
What sort of social activities were available to groups of medieval (~post-1000 CE) European noblewomen?	9
Thanks to the work of Joseph Needham, the exceptional scientific and technological sophistication of medieval China is well known. Did this sophistication have a parallel in Korea and Japan?	9
What's the modern consensus on when and how Ukrainian and Russian identity split off from a common Rus' identity?	9
Global history of the twentieth century?	5
When was the concept of the atomic bomb created? When was it first theorized that such a device could be possible?	5
How were the Greek works which later became so significant to the European Medieval and Renaissance "canon" received by the ancient world?	4