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Why was Communism demonized in the United States?	8
Bias in history - how do historians avoid bias and how do historians avoid biased facts from affecting their research?	8
Precedents of the East-West Schism like the Council of Nicaea and minute arguments were what caused the theological debates between the Catholic Church and Orthodox Church and eventually led to the Schism. But why exactly were these minute differences so important that eventually led to this schism?	7
Some of the factors that contributed to the military success of the Roman empire were the types of armouries, tools and tactics that they used. Since many of the European Medieval kingdoms were inspired or influenced by the Roman empire, what are the reasons why these methods fell out of fashion?	7
The Roman Empire is often depicted as a highly sophisticated and cohesive power but many of its rulers were assassinated or died by suicide or there are speculations that they were killed. How come Roman rulers were highly susceptible to being killed by their own people?	7
When it comes to the modern portrayal of the Olympian gods, they are often portrayed as benevolent beings while in the actual mythology, they were often the opposite. Why is this the case?	7
In many forms of media that are set in WW2, there is a common theme involving Nazis using methods that involve the occult or the supernatural in order to obtain more effective ways to win WW2. How close to reality is this that the Nazis actually included methods that involved the occult during WW2?	7
When compared to previous wars in before the modern era, why was the First World War so shocking at the time especially since some technologies were already present before the war?	7
Scientific and technological achievements are done by constant build-ups of multiple groups of people over generations of research or sometimes, were stolen from the work of others. So how come when talking about the history of science, the credit of such achievements are only given to a select few?	6
How come empires started to die out in the 20th Century?	6

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