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Two questions about national anthems (and to a lesser extent, national mottos)

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When and how did jazz music become jazzy (ie, complicated)?

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When did the ideas of the vacuum of space and weightlessness enter western common knowledge?

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Why did the Ottomans' military lag behind Western Powers so much?

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What was life like in the Warlord Cliques of early 20th century China and how were they administered?

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The religious and geopolitical rivalry between the Christian Byzantines and the Muslim Arabs is pretty famous, but what about the Sassanids? How did Christian Romans at the time see their ancient struggle against their Zoroastrian enemies? What did they think of Zoroastrianism?

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Did Ancient oar-powered warships (triremes and the like) carry spare oars in the event an enemy ship tried to break theirs?

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Many former colonial powers stubbornly clung to small colonial possessions for a long time, Spanish Sahara and Portuguese Goa and Macau come to mind. Were such holdout colonies even worth keeping economically and/or strategically, or were they just stubbornly held on to out of pride/prestige?

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Is there any consensus on the Hun's ethnicity?

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The religious and geopolitical rivalry between the Christian Byzantines and the Muslim Arabs is pretty famous, but what about the Sassanids? How did Christian Romans at the time frame the ancient struggle against their Zoroastrian enemies? What did they think of Zoroastrianism?

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Two questions about national anthems (and to a lesser extent, national mottos)	3
When and how did jazz music become jazzy (ie, complicated)?	3
When did the ideas of the vacuum of space and weightlessness enter western common knowledge?	3
Why did the Ottomans' military lag behind Western Powers so much?	3
What was life like in the Warlord Cliques of early 20th century China and how were they administered?	3
The religious and geopolitical rivalry between the Christian Byzantines and the Muslim Arabs is pretty famous, but what about the Sassanids? How did Christian Romans at the time see their ancient struggle against their Zoroastrian enemies? What did they think of Zoroastrianism?	2
Did Ancient oar-powered warships (triremes and the like) carry spare oars in the event an enemy ship tried to break theirs?	2
Many former colonial powers stubbornly clung to small colonial possessions for a long time, Spanish Sahara and Portuguese Goa and Macau come to mind. Were such holdout colonies even worth keeping economically and/or strategically, or were they just stubbornly held on to out of pride/prestige?	2
Is there any consensus on the Hun's ethnicity?	2
The religious and geopolitical rivalry between the Christian Byzantines and the Muslim Arabs is pretty famous, but what about the Sassanids? How did Christian Romans at the time frame the ancient struggle against their Zoroastrian enemies? What did they think of Zoroastrianism?	2