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How did Dante Alighieri's "The Divine Comedy" change the way we view hell? How was hell viewed before its publication?
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What sorts of foods did sultans like Suleiman the Magnificent enjoy in the Ottoman Empire? Did the diet of the Sultan change as the empire expanded and contracted at various times throughout the empire's history? Were the food of conquered lands incorporated into the diet?
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Why was Venice able to win the Morean War (Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War from 1684-1699) when they had lost the 5 previous wars before it? What changed to allow the Republic of Venice to stand up to the giant Ottoman Empire?
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Were racial and cultural outsiders ever placed in positions of military power in late 16th century Venice like it is portrayed in the play "Othello"?
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How was Laurence Olivier's use of black face in the 1965 movie "Othello" viewed by the African American Civil Rights Movement that was going on at the time?
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Why did Greece decide to rebel from the Ottoman Empire after being a part of it for almost 400 years?
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When did spaying/neutering pets begin? How big of a problem were feral cat/dog populations before hand?
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How do prizes for large prime numbers still exist when a proven method for verifying primality exists? Shouldn't super computers be able to brute force prime numbers using methods like the AKS Primality Test?
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With our current capabilities, would we be able to tell that our own system contained a habitable planet if we were a number of light years away? From how far out would be be able to identify this?
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