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When and why did the Virgin Mary become such a vital part of Christian iconography and dogma?

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Did the Catholic Church take issue with the representation of the Greek gods in the Lusíadas? Why did they tolerate depiction of pagan gods ?

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When and why did the virgin birth become such a vital part of church doctrine?

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Is The Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek a reliable book?

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How did the music of African-American slaves spread from plantation to plantation?

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In his biography of Deng Xiaoping, Ezra Vogel claims that the threat Vietnam represented in Southeast Asia led to a more powerful ASEAN. Is this accurate?

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Why do we call the world wars "World War One" and "World War Two" rather than "The First World War" like we do with all other wars? When did these names enter common parlance?

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Was Egon Schiele actually guilty of statutory rape, or was it just a claim invented by the authorities to arrest him ?

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Yesterday, I was speaking to a woman who grew up in West Germany, and she claimed that every time you made a phone call, "You could actually hear the tape recorder click on" at whatever location you were being recorded at. Is this true?

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When was the modern conception of owned territory born? And how was land understood in that context before that point?

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When and why did the Virgin Mary become such a vital part of Christian iconography and dogma?	5
Did the Catholic Church take issue with the representation of the Greek gods in the Lusíadas? Why did they tolerate depiction of pagan gods ?	5
When and why did the virgin birth become such a vital part of church doctrine?	5
Is The Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek a reliable book?	4
How did the music of African-American slaves spread from plantation to plantation?	3
In his biography of Deng Xiaoping, Ezra Vogel claims that the threat Vietnam represented in Southeast Asia led to a more powerful ASEAN. Is this accurate?	3
Why do we call the world wars "World War One" and "World War Two" rather than "The First World War" like we do with all other wars? When did these names enter common parlance?	3
Was Egon Schiele actually guilty of statutory rape, or was it just a claim invented by the authorities to arrest him ?	3
Yesterday, I was speaking to a woman who grew up in West Germany, and she claimed that every time you made a phone call, "You could actually hear the tape recorder click on" at whatever location you were being recorded at. Is this true?	1
When was the modern conception of owned territory born? And how was land understood in that context before that point?	1