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During the Qing dynasty how much control did China have over Tibet and did the Chinese consider Tibet to be a part of China?

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Is Italy the only country in Europe to have noodles because Marco Polo brought it back from China?

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Is the modern image of a viking fabricated on fiction or based on historical evidence?

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How do historians feel about the usage of modern country names in historical texts on eras and situations when the modern countries did not exist yet - basically do historians feel comfortable with the interchangeability between the name of the modern country and its past iterations?

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We often hear a lot about Western geniuses and philosophers like Einstein, Da Vinci, Archimedes, Aristotle, Galileo, Voltaire, etc. who seem to be multifaceted and talented in many ways, but what are some non-Western geniuses that we never hear about?

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How were Ryukyuan independence movements dealt with by Japan before and after WW2?

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Why did only Europe reach the Enlightenment but not Asia or Africa?

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Why did Anglo-Saxons discriminate so much against southern and eastern Europeans even though they attribute so much of their history to Roman and Greek culture?

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Has Korea ever been important or noteworthy of anything?

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Are the Terracotta Warriors fake?

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During the Qing dynasty how much control did China have over Tibet and did the Chinese consider Tibet to be a part of China?	2
Is Italy the only country in Europe to have noodles because Marco Polo brought it back from China?	1
Is the modern image of a viking fabricated on fiction or based on historical evidence?	1
How do historians feel about the usage of modern country names in historical texts on eras and situations when the modern countries did not exist yet - basically do historians feel comfortable with the interchangeability between the name of the modern country and its past iterations?	1
We often hear a lot about Western geniuses and philosophers like Einstein, Da Vinci, Archimedes, Aristotle, Galileo, Voltaire, etc. who seem to be multifaceted and talented in many ways, but what are some non-Western geniuses that we never hear about?	1
How were Ryukyuan independence movements dealt with by Japan before and after WW2?	1
Why did only Europe reach the Enlightenment but not Asia or Africa?	0
Why did Anglo-Saxons discriminate so much against southern and eastern Europeans even though they attribute so much of their history to Roman and Greek culture?	0
Has Korea ever been important or noteworthy of anything?	0
Are the Terracotta Warriors fake?	0