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When Henry VIII asked the pope for a divorce, was the pope the only person in the church who could grant them to anyone?

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How did the Mongols and other steppe people in the middle ages keep their horses from freezing to death?

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At the height of the Roman Empire in Trajan's time, would I be able to travel from one end to the other - say the Persian Gulf to Central Britain - and generally feel like I was in the same country in terms of language and culture?

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Prior to the ascension of Charlemagne (early-mid 700s), would people in Western Europe - and particularly the city of Rome - have thought of the Eastern Empire as the "Roman Empire"?

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How literate was the Arab world around the time of the early Caliphate?

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How did Hong Xiuquan and the other Taiping God-Worshipers view Western Christians?

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Why does Central America have a much higher percentage of people with indigenous ancestry than the US and Canada?

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If sugar was so valuable during colonial times, why didn't sugar beet cultivation become more widespread?

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Since the First Nations people of North America factor so heavily in the Book of Mormon, have they ever been targeted by Mormon evangelists? If so, have those efforts met with much success?

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With a much shorter travel distance, why didn't later explorers from Eurasia discover the Americas by way of the Bering Sea long before finding an Atlantic route?

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When Henry VIII asked the pope for a divorce, was the pope the only person in the church who could grant them to anyone?	24
How did the Mongols and other steppe people in the middle ages keep their horses from freezing to death?	22
At the height of the Roman Empire in Trajan's time, would I be able to travel from one end to the other - say the Persian Gulf to Central Britain - and generally feel like I was in the same country in terms of language and culture?	22
Prior to the ascension of Charlemagne (early-mid 700s), would people in Western Europe - and particularly the city of Rome - have thought of the Eastern Empire as the "Roman Empire"?	21
How literate was the Arab world around the time of the early Caliphate?	18
How did Hong Xiuquan and the other Taiping God-Worshipers view Western Christians?	17
Why does Central America have a much higher percentage of people with indigenous ancestry than the US and Canada?	13
If sugar was so valuable during colonial times, why didn't sugar beet cultivation become more widespread?	12
Since the First Nations people of North America factor so heavily in the Book of Mormon, have they ever been targeted by Mormon evangelists? If so, have those efforts met with much success?	10
With a much shorter travel distance, why didn't later explorers from Eurasia discover the Americas by way of the Bering Sea long before finding an Atlantic route?	10