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What do we know about the seafaring, trade, and range of the Gaulish sailors, the Veneti?

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How did the Chinese reconcile their militant denouncement of Soviet "peaceful coexistence" policy being followed so soon by rapprochement with the US?

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Did American Cold War leaders ever justify why Social Democracy in the UK and Scandinavia was acceptable, but unacceptable as a compromise that could have 'peeled off' many Leftist movements from the Soviets in contested countries?

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What was life like for Bedouin / desert nomads of the Near East and Sahara in the early Bronze Age, before the domestication of the camel and horse?

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How did the West react to China's 1959-1961 Great Famine? Did the U.S. or other capitalist countries consider, or actively provide, food aid?

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How did American Mountain-West states' voters shift from supporting progressives, and sometimes radicals, to supporting far-right politicians?

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After turning traitor, Connecticut native Benedict Arnold participated in a destructive invasion of his home colony. How did he feel about the destruction he helped to cause?

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Was China's normalization of relations with the US in '79 explicitly contingent on the complete removal of US troops from Taiwan?

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Washington considered his French & Indian War service record a disappointment. Were there any specific officers in the American Revolution he felt were more qualified to command?

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In WW2, did the Allies have their own versions of 'Tokyo Rose' broadcasting in German, Italian, or Japanese to hurt enemy morale?

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What do we know about the seafaring, trade, and range of the Gaulish sailors, the Veneti?	11
How did the Chinese reconcile their militant denouncement of Soviet "peaceful coexistence" policy being followed so soon by rapprochement with the US?	11
Did American Cold War leaders ever justify why Social Democracy in the UK and Scandinavia was acceptable, but unacceptable as a compromise that could have 'peeled off' many Leftist movements from the Soviets in contested countries?	11
What was life like for Bedouin / desert nomads of the Near East and Sahara in the early Bronze Age, before the domestication of the camel and horse?	11
How did the West react to China's 1959-1961 Great Famine? Did the U.S. or other capitalist countries consider, or actively provide, food aid?	10
How did American Mountain-West states' voters shift from supporting progressives, and sometimes radicals, to supporting far-right politicians?	9
After turning traitor, Connecticut native Benedict Arnold participated in a destructive invasion of his home colony. How did he feel about the destruction he helped to cause?	9
Was China's normalization of relations with the US in '79 explicitly contingent on the complete removal of US troops from Taiwan?	9
Washington considered his French & Indian War service record a disappointment. Were there any specific officers in the American Revolution he felt were more qualified to command?	9
In WW2, did the Allies have their own versions of 'Tokyo Rose' broadcasting in German, Italian, or Japanese to hurt enemy morale?	8