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On top of leading the catholic church, the pope used to be in charge of middle italy around Rome. Has a pope ever directly commanded an army in battle either offensively or defensively?

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Do we have any evidence the Titans of Greek mythology and their predecessors (ouranos, Gaia) were an earlier pre Greek pantheon?

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Why weren't the north american indians interested in empires and cities like the mesoamerican ones were? They had rivers, did they have contact?

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The bible gives a metaphor that lukewarm believers will be spit out. Going with the water analogy, how could the Hebrews in that environment relate to the luxury of spitting out water because it wasn't cold enough?

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How much of the world would the ancient egyptians have been familiar with?

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What was the official religion of all the dynasties of China, if they had one in particular?

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What was the geopolitics of canaan when abraham was said to have settled there around 2000 bc, are there hints as to where he may have settled in Israel that avoided contact with the canaanite city states or major powers and why weren't they interested in founding cities until after the exodus?

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Has there ever been a major naval battle in the open ocean far away from any particular country?

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Why wasn't muhammad's empire known as the rashidun caliphate until after his death?

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What were the religious and ethnic demographics of the Roman empire and its contemporaries in persia, India and China?

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On top of leading the catholic church, the pope used to be in charge of middle italy around Rome. Has a pope ever directly commanded an army in battle either offensively or defensively?	17
Do we have any evidence the Titans of Greek mythology and their predecessors (ouranos, Gaia) were an earlier pre Greek pantheon?	15
Why weren't the north american indians interested in empires and cities like the mesoamerican ones were? They had rivers, did they have contact?	10
The bible gives a metaphor that lukewarm believers will be spit out. Going with the water analogy, how could the Hebrews in that environment relate to the luxury of spitting out water because it wasn't cold enough?	6
How much of the world would the ancient egyptians have been familiar with?	4
What was the official religion of all the dynasties of China, if they had one in particular?	3
What was the geopolitics of canaan when abraham was said to have settled there around 2000 bc, are there hints as to where he may have settled in Israel that avoided contact with the canaanite city states or major powers and why weren't they interested in founding cities until after the exodus?	3
Has there ever been a major naval battle in the open ocean far away from any particular country?	1
Why wasn't muhammad's empire known as the rashidun caliphate until after his death?	1
What were the religious and ethnic demographics of the Roman empire and its contemporaries in persia, India and China?	1