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Daniel Bruhl’s character in Joueyex Noel is a ww1 era German officer, who’s a Jew with a French wife. Would such a man be even allowed to be an officer in the German army during ww1 ?	12
When did the Eastern Roman Empire (aka the Byzantines) become a Greek state ? When was Latin completely phased out as language ?	11
A long while a history professor said to the class I was in that before the Mongol invasions, Kiev was a greater city then medieval era Rome, Paris or London ? How accurate would is this?	11
According to legend, painting eggs on Easter, comes from when Mary Magdalene told Emperor Tiberius about Jesus' resurrection, he said "no one can rise from the dead as no egg can turn red". Then an egg that Mary held turned red. How likely, would have Tiberius known about Christianity ?	11
Even in our more secular society, it's unthinkable to name someone after a biblical villain. Like Judas, Herod, Barabbas etc. However the name Kane (similar to the first murderer according to scripture) is fairly common name in English. Why ?	11
In some dictionaries, the word Byzantine also can mean unscrupulous and cutthroats methods of operating (especially in politics). Was the Byzantine Empire's political system that cutthroat in comparison to rest of the Christian or Muslim worlds, during the middle ages ?	10
When operation Barbarossa began, did the White Russian exiles community show more solidarity with the Germans or Russians ?	10
In the Disney version of The Hunchback of Notre Damme, Captain Phoebes was annoyed, that he was recalled from the wars just to hunt down "fortune tellers"(the gypsies). Considering the movie was set in 1482 France, which war could have he been talking about ?	10
How did samurai go from horse archers to primarily swordsmen ?	9
Was there a significant Jacobite presence among the American Revolutionaries ?	9

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