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In the High Middle Ages, was there more metal circulating around than the Roman era, because of continued mining as well as melting old tools/coins? Or less, because the Roman mines were depleted and then the weapons/tools/coins were gradually lost?	101
Where did Gustavus Adolphus manufacture his troops' standardized equipment and weapons?	100
In the Middle Ages, was there such a thing as a Dutchman? Or would they have been considered Germans?	91
Feudalism was arguably a logistical disadvantage in the organization of military forces, to such an extent that army sized were much smaller in the European Middle Ages than in Antiquity. When did Western European armies become superior to the armies of the early Roman Empire in power projection?	89
When the Kingdom of Jerusalem was not at war, was it relatively tolerant to non-Catholics? How did treatment of Sunnis, Shi'as, Druze, and Eastern Christians differ?	84
Was the Bronze Age Collapse caused more by invasions and migrations, or climatic events?	81
Carthage. Did they use the phalanx, the legion? Something entirely different? Or did they adapt themselves to the situation, due to their many outside influences?	79
How did the Vandals, a landlocked Germanic tribe, immediately form a powerful naval kingdom after taking over the Africa diocese?	76
Since multiple civil wars occurred in the 1860s (American, Japanese Boshin, Taiping Rebellion, French intervention in Mexico, probably others) did the people of the late 19th century see it as a decade of insurrection?	76
Historiography: When did American historians start to portray Soviet/Russian history neutrally, and when did Soviet historians start portraying American history neutrally, if ever?	72

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