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How much were the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests influenced/informed by similar movements in the Eastern Bloc and political reforms under the Gorbachev's administration happening at the same time?	11
What was the status of minorities in Northern Ireland during the Troubles? Did minority communities pick sides, or were they simply onlookers?	11
How much centralized control did the emperors of Zhou dynasty China have over the territories they nominally controlled? What was the nature of imperial government during this time period?	10
Why have the Scandinavian countries been able to be immune from the political chaos and coups that gripped various parts of Europe in the early 20th century? What was so vital and strong about the Scandinavian practice of liberal democracy that kept them free from that turmoil?	9
I am a veteran of Sulla’s legions. I have just finished fighting a bloody civil war, and the proscriptions by Sulla have left a lot of empty land. I am given a plot of land in Etruria as a reward for my service. How do I travel to that land, and how will I get it up and running?	8
How much were the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests influenced/informed by similar movements in the Eastern Bloc and political reforms under the Gorbachev administration happening at the same time?	6
What, if anything, did people in the past think of Neolithic artefacts such as stone axes, flint arrowheads, etc. Presumably they didn't know they were made by ancient human beings.	5
What was the Eastern Roman Empire's relationship with (or opinion of) the successor states of the Western Roman Empire in the period following its collapse?	4
Why did many African nations vote against UN Resolution 2758 in 1971, making the PRC the sole representative of China and removing the ROC's (Taiwan's) representation at the UN?	3
How much centralized control did the emperors of Zhou dynasty China have over the territories they nominally controlled?	2

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