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Was suicide a problem for returning World War Two veterans the same as it is for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans today?	11
Why didn't Machu Inca attempt to split apart the alliance between the Spanish and their Native Auxiliaries?	11
Was Zheng He's treasure fleet an early example of "gunboat diplomacy"? How did the locals react to him when he docked? Was communication an issue?	11
Most of the Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe —Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania — were known as “People’s Republics” except East Germany, which was a “Democratic Republic” why?	11
What happened to members of the Okhrana, the Imperial Russian Secret Police, after the fall of the Romanovs?	11
Stalin's position as General Secretary of the Communist Party seems to have given him responsibilities and powers that allowed him to create a personal dictatorship. Now was this intentional on Lenin's part? Or did he have another plan for power distribution in the party?	11
During the whaling industry's peak, was there any attempt to preserve or conserve whale populations? Did they notice the populations were declining early on or only when it was too late to do anything?	10
My college professor once told our class that England, Post-World War II, could not have created the NHS without the funds provided in the Marshall Plan by the U.S. Their economy was too damaged to fund it alone. Is there any merit to it?	10
How did Japan, a previously isolated nation, go about training its first ambassadors when it stepped onto the international stage?	10
I’ve often read posts discussing the intricacies and nuances of the Roman Army and it’s various Legions over the course of its history but I’ve yet to see anything that substantive talking about the Han Dynasty’s military. What was it like to be a soldier then?	10

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