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In my history class we learned that algebra was created by the Arabs, if this is the case then how previous were Greek mathematicians such as Pythagoras able to come up with complex mathematical formulas/proofs such as a^2 + b^2 = c^2 ?

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At what point did the accent of American settlers become distinguishable from a British accent?

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What was education policy like at the Soviet Union (did they have selective high schools for bright students, would they conduct test, how would people get into university?)

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In the "Devshirme" (Blood Tax) system implemented in the Ottoman Empire, approximately what percentage of male Christians would be forcibly taken by the state?

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In school we read an article that said "The Turkish dynasties became identified with Sunni Islam and with the Hanefi school of Jurisprudence, the one least restrictive of the ruler's discretion and the most accommodating to custom." What does this mean, what in Hanefi doctrine makes this so?

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Why did South American countries overwhelmingly adopt a Presidential system over a Parliamentary one?

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How did the British Empire regard the Fourteen Points put forward by Woodrow Wilson following WW1?

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Does anyone have any examples of how the Crusades were being depicted as they happened, especially in the Romanesque style?

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In my history class we learned that algebra was created by the Arabs, if this is the case then how previous were Greek mathematicians such as Pythagoras able to come up with complex mathematical formulas/proofs such as a^2 + b^2 = c^2 ?	1805
At what point did the accent of American settlers become distinguishable from a British accent?	332
What was education policy like at the Soviet Union (did they have selective high schools for bright students, would they conduct test, how would people get into university?)	96
In the "Devshirme" (Blood Tax) system implemented in the Ottoman Empire, approximately what percentage of male Christians would be forcibly taken by the state?	18
In school we read an article that said "The Turkish dynasties became identified with Sunni Islam and with the Hanefi school of Jurisprudence, the one least restrictive of the ruler's discretion and the most accommodating to custom." What does this mean, what in Hanefi doctrine makes this so?	15
Why did South American countries overwhelmingly adopt a Presidential system over a Parliamentary one?	15
How did the British Empire regard the Fourteen Points put forward by Woodrow Wilson following WW1?	7
Does anyone have any examples of how the Crusades were being depicted as they happened, especially in the Romanesque style?	4