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According to historical record, was Muhammad actually illiterate?

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How did 19th century Russia develop such a romantic culture?

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I have read that samurai would commit seppuku if they felt they had done something dishonorable. What actions were considered so dishonorable as to warrant suicide in a Japanese context?

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How much property did you need to own to vote in the early United States?

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How did Venezuela look to the people who named it?

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Is Diarmand McCulloch's book "Christianity: the First 3,000 Years" good?

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I once heard that only European nations have peacefully embraced Christianity. Is this true? Were there ever any Asian or African nations that converted to Christianity?

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I heard this and I want to confirm it here. In Mexico, the aztecs were just one tribal culture and that there were many others around them. Is this true?

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Historians of China: Are there any books you recommend on the history of taoism?

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Part of the nazi party platform reads "We demand substitution of a German common law in place of the Roman Law serving a materialistic world-order." What did this mean exactly and how was it carried out in practice?

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According to historical record, was Muhammad actually illiterate?	16
How did 19th century Russia develop such a romantic culture?	15
I have read that samurai would commit seppuku if they felt they had done something dishonorable. What actions were considered so dishonorable as to warrant suicide in a Japanese context?	14
How much property did you need to own to vote in the early United States?	13
How did Venezuela look to the people who named it?	13
Is Diarmand McCulloch's book "Christianity: the First 3,000 Years" good?	13
I once heard that only European nations have peacefully embraced Christianity. Is this true? Were there ever any Asian or African nations that converted to Christianity?	12
I heard this and I want to confirm it here. In Mexico, the aztecs were just one tribal culture and that there were many others around them. Is this true?	12
Historians of China: Are there any books you recommend on the history of taoism?	11
Part of the nazi party platform reads "We demand substitution of a German common law in place of the Roman Law serving a materialistic world-order." What did this mean exactly and how was it carried out in practice?	11