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Attila the Hun acquired massive wealth from the Eastern Roman Empire, what became of these riches?

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In the early 20th century, the United States Congress passed the Apportionment Act of 1911, which limited the number of representatives to 435. Was there any pushback against this measure at the time?

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Our current Left-Right political world was defined after the French Revolution of 1789, what was political discourse like before then?

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We are told that when Europeans encountered Native Americans they were far more advanced, but how true is this since at the time guns were a very new and shoddy piece of technology?

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Beyond the failed colony of Roanoke in the 1580's, Jamestown in 1607 and Plymouth in 1620, what were some other early English colonies in North America?

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How many revolutions have occured in the history of UK/England?

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What are some examples of in history of a prominent person in power changing from being benevolent to maleficent?

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In the transition from using whale oil and wood as a primary fuel to fossil fuels, was their a waning of power of older hands of power to make way for the new "titans of industry" like the rockefellers?

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Attila the Hun acquired massive wealth from the Eastern Roman Empire, what became of these riches?	46
In the early 20th century, the United States Congress passed the Apportionment Act of 1911, which limited the number of representatives to 435. Was there any pushback against this measure at the time?	44
Our current Left-Right political world was defined after the French Revolution of 1789, what was political discourse like before then?	41
We are told that when Europeans encountered Native Americans they were far more advanced, but how true is this since at the time guns were a very new and shoddy piece of technology?	12
Beyond the failed colony of Roanoke in the 1580's, Jamestown in 1607 and Plymouth in 1620, what were some other early English colonies in North America?	2
How many revolutions have occured in the history of UK/England?	1
What are some examples of in history of a prominent person in power changing from being benevolent to maleficent?	1
In the transition from using whale oil and wood as a primary fuel to fossil fuels, was their a waning of power of older hands of power to make way for the new "titans of industry" like the rockefellers?	1