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ASIAN-AMERICAN: Was there any kind of backlash towards Asian Americans during the Vietnam War such as during WW2 and what Muslim Americans are going through currently?
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How accurate is it to say that Sykes-Picot borders were "arbitrary lines drawn in the interest of colonizers"?
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Celtic music is a popular music genre nowadays. Does the current genre have any relation to the historical music of the Celts or is merely a modern development?
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What was so special about medieval Welsh and English long bows? Why couldn't anyone else cut a six foot piece of Yew and shoot it back at them?
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I have sometimes heard Roman legionaries described as "combat engineers" do we know if that involved any extra training? Did Roman soldiers need to learn architecture? Math? Measuring? Was there a mandatory shop class?
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In the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions, certain saints' bodies never decayed. This “incorruptibility" is a sign of their holiness. A similar Buddhist tradition exists. What is the earliest evidence of a belief that holiness can prevent bodily corruption? When do these traditions develop?
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