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Our current concept of Hell as a blazing inferno is based on Dante’s Inferno from the 14th century. What was the general idea of hell before then?
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In the opening lines of the Epic of Gilgamesh, it is mentioned that the tale takes place "before there was bread". Is this a genuine societal memory of the days before agriculture, or is it simply a case of mythology coincidentally being similar to the truth?
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Why did the USA not participate in the scramble for Africa? (I don’t think Liberia counts due to its unique situation)
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What was the flag of the Russian Empire? According to some sources they used the standard Russian white-blue-red tricolor, according to others they use a black-gold-white tricolor, and sometimes they use the Russian tricolor with the Imperial Eagle in the top-left.
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I am a young man fresh out of primary school in the Ottoman Empire in 1905, looking to study chemsitry. Where would I go to study? Are there college institutions within the Sublime Sultanate I can attend, or is my best option to study abroad in Europe?
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During World War 1, how did Austria-Hungary handle it's ethnic divisions within the military? Did they have separate divisions for minorities, did soldiers have to learn basic German phrases?
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What was the general reaction to the rise of fascism in the interwar period? Did people fear it in the same way they feared communism?
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