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Why did empires colonize other lands that were not originally their own?	1
How did America change from being a symbol of freedom and prosperity and the land of the American Dream to suddenly becoming a military-obsessed country and obsessively patriotic (according to the stereotype)?	1
Regarding the phenomenology of history- Documentation of historical events is done via first-hand evidence or second hand meaning that the framing of the timeline of the events is just as important as the history itself. What methods are there for experts to overcome this barrier in historiography?	1
What made the Byzantine Empire slowly lose its territories and influence during the Medieval Era?	1
When Darwin proposed the theory of evolution, he received a lot of criticism because it challenged that was believed about the origins of the many species. However, Darwin lived during the Age of Enlightenment, a time of scientific revolutions and discoveries so why was this the case?	1
Considering that Darwin's theory of evolution was proposed during the Age of Enlightenment in the Victorian era, how come Darwin's theory originally received a lot of criticism before it was accepted within the scientific community?	1
Since the 20th Cen., Russia (and a few other countries in the Middle East) have had many political revolutions to overthrow a political structure, but these revolutions often led to the birth of other problematic political structures. What is the reason for this reoccurring political turnover?	1
Why is the Roman Empire given so much praise?	1
Body armour did not die out immediately once firearms became more common in the military and only had a brief appearance during WW1 until it was reintroduced again in the early 21st Century. How come the demand for body armour died out once firearms became common use in the military until recently?	0
How did the colour blue and the colour pink become associated with masculinity and femininity respectively?	0

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