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The fake existence of a country in Gedrosia on the maps during the nineteenth century?

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Did the Incas know where the Spaniards come from? Did they at least the Atlantic ocean existed on the eastern side of the continent?

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When did the firs Japanese-European contact take place? What was it like? Did the ones who discovered the other first know they reached the end of Eurasia?

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How did Samuel Wilson become Uncle Sam? And how did the painting become so popular that it became a national personification of the United States and it is government?

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on the historicity of this statement: "One of the most important transformations in Late Antiquity was the formation and evolution of the Abrahamic religions: Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism and, eventually, Islam."

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How did the Abbasids manage to defeat the Chinese Tang dynasty in their prime only one year after taking power after their revolution against the Umayyads and the major battle of zab? Wouldn't they be in a situation where they are not ready to fight the Chinese?

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Who made the English Alphabet in that order?

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What were the titles that Alexander the great declared for himself after his conquest? did he declare that he was "the great"? Was he the Shah, Shahshahan or king of Persia? Would ancient people perceive the titles shah and shahshahan differently? Was there a recognition of the concept of "emperor"

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Were the dark ages in western Europe a thing?

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How did Hulagu khan of the mongol empire convert to Christianity? How was his relations to Christians? Was there any religious motivation to his conquest?

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The fake existence of a country in Gedrosia on the maps during the nineteenth century?	5
Did the Incas know where the Spaniards come from? Did they at least the Atlantic ocean existed on the eastern side of the continent?	5
When did the firs Japanese-European contact take place? What was it like? Did the ones who discovered the other first know they reached the end of Eurasia?	5
How did Samuel Wilson become Uncle Sam? And how did the painting become so popular that it became a national personification of the United States and it is government?	5
on the historicity of this statement: "One of the most important transformations in Late Antiquity was the formation and evolution of the Abrahamic religions: Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism and, eventually, Islam."	4
How did the Abbasids manage to defeat the Chinese Tang dynasty in their prime only one year after taking power after their revolution against the Umayyads and the major battle of zab? Wouldn't they be in a situation where they are not ready to fight the Chinese?	3
Who made the English Alphabet in that order?	3
What were the titles that Alexander the great declared for himself after his conquest? did he declare that he was "the great"? Was he the Shah, Shahshahan or king of Persia? Would ancient people perceive the titles shah and shahshahan differently? Was there a recognition of the concept of "emperor"	3
Were the dark ages in western Europe a thing?	3
How did Hulagu khan of the mongol empire convert to Christianity? How was his relations to Christians? Was there any religious motivation to his conquest?	2