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Many legendary swords, such as Excalibur or Kusanagi No Tsurugi are described as being used by the same individual or even the same dynasty for their entire existence. How does this compare to the survivability and symbolic value of practical historic weaponry?	162
Has there ever been a movement to unite Islam, Christianity and Judaism? If so, did any of its proponents draw a similarity between the Holy Trinity and the three branches of Abrahamism?	138
The secession of the CSA was an action that must have taken an awful lot of planning and forethought. when did the concept of an independent south first arise, and when did it enter popular discourse? How well-known was it at the time of and leading up to secession?	36
During the Turkish War Of Independence, Armenia sided against the TNM with the Ottomans, despite the Armenian Genocide being fresh in people's minds. Was this an "enemy of my enemy" situation, or was it something else? Did this cause any discontent amongst the Armenian combatants?	18
In WW1, we often hear about how prevalent shellshock was on the Western Front, and how supply shortages were so common in the Russian Army they largely caused the February and October Revolutions; Were such issues present at all during the Russian Civil War that followed?	7
Did ancient Rome have any large political movements aimed at overturning the imperial system and returning Rome to a republic?	4
What was the state of multilingualism in premodern times? How reliable and available were translation services in, say, feudal Europe, the Roman Empire, or medieval Asia?	4
Did the Prussian Flag ever receive criticism for portraying its eagle as facing away from the hoist side, and as a result away from any potential enemies?	3
I'm a lower-class European in 1848 and I've just heard of this dope new thing called Democracy. How do I get involved?	0

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