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Did Christianity have any particular doctrinal appeal to pagans (e.g. crucifixion, Jesus’s moral teachings) or could have any belief-focused, universalist, salvationist monotheistic religion succeeded just the same?

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South Yemen was an attempt to form a communist society in one of the most conservative and religious areas of the world. What was the society there like?

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How much did the Roman empire's official adoption of Christianity influence the architecture, aesthetics and art of European churches?

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How did the crusades and the encounter with the actual landscape and architecture of the Levant influence Christian art in medieval Europe?

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Did Greenlandic Inuits retain any memory of the Vikings by the time of renewed European contact?

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What might have historically happened at 3761 BC which made the Abrahamic creation of the world be set at that year?

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Prior to Columbus's discovery of the Americas, did anyone think there could be a continent between Europe and East Asia?

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How, when and why did the ancient Israelites develop the Sabbath?

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Was there any racism towards Aristotle for being Macedonian?

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Was the Quranic tradition of Arab descent from Ishmael copied from the Bible or is it a reflection of a common Semitic myth?

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Did Christianity have any particular doctrinal appeal to pagans (e.g. crucifixion, Jesus’s moral teachings) or could have any belief-focused, universalist, salvationist monotheistic religion succeeded just the same?	6
South Yemen was an attempt to form a communist society in one of the most conservative and religious areas of the world. What was the society there like?	6
How much did the Roman empire's official adoption of Christianity influence the architecture, aesthetics and art of European churches?	4
How did the crusades and the encounter with the actual landscape and architecture of the Levant influence Christian art in medieval Europe?	4
Did Greenlandic Inuits retain any memory of the Vikings by the time of renewed European contact?	4
What might have historically happened at 3761 BC which made the Abrahamic creation of the world be set at that year?	4
Prior to Columbus's discovery of the Americas, did anyone think there could be a continent between Europe and East Asia?	4
How, when and why did the ancient Israelites develop the Sabbath?	3
Was there any racism towards Aristotle for being Macedonian?	3
Was the Quranic tradition of Arab descent from Ishmael copied from the Bible or is it a reflection of a common Semitic myth?	3