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Was the Bolshevik revolution Leninist? By which I mean, did it follow Lenin's ideas in works like "What Is To Be Done?"

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Seeking (English translation of) specific Babylonian text, if extant

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"All legends have an element of truth." Is this statement, itself, a legend? Has anyone studied this belief? What do historians think of it?

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Shopping in Babylon in the time of Cyrus and Cambyses

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How does the concept of the nation (goy) in the Bible differ from the concept of a nation in the modern, nationalist sense?

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How did secret political societies in the 19th/early 20th Century work? How did they recruit members, hold their meetings, etc? I'm thinking of communists, anarchists, the Carbonari, the CUP in Turkey, etc, not something like the Freemasons.

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How much did Sir Walter Scott influence antebellum Southern culture?

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Given that Siberia is huge and with low population density, how did movements/actions of peoples there affect other groups?

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There have been 233 state-level constitutional conventions in the US since its founding. Have these ever been "revolutionary" in the sense of dramatic changes in the structure of the government?

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Did any other societies in the Levant or Ancient Near East generally centralize their religion to any extent like the Second Temple Hebrews?

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Was the Bolshevik revolution Leninist? By which I mean, did it follow Lenin's ideas in works like "What Is To Be Done?"	10
Seeking (English translation of) specific Babylonian text, if extant	9
"All legends have an element of truth." Is this statement, itself, a legend? Has anyone studied this belief? What do historians think of it?	9
Shopping in Babylon in the time of Cyrus and Cambyses	8
How does the concept of the nation (goy) in the Bible differ from the concept of a nation in the modern, nationalist sense?	8
How did secret political societies in the 19th/early 20th Century work? How did they recruit members, hold their meetings, etc? I'm thinking of communists, anarchists, the Carbonari, the CUP in Turkey, etc, not something like the Freemasons.	7
How much did Sir Walter Scott influence antebellum Southern culture?	7
Given that Siberia is huge and with low population density, how did movements/actions of peoples there affect other groups?	7
There have been 233 state-level constitutional conventions in the US since its founding. Have these ever been "revolutionary" in the sense of dramatic changes in the structure of the government?	6
Did any other societies in the Levant or Ancient Near East generally centralize their religion to any extent like the Second Temple Hebrews?	6