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Simon Bolivar won a hundred battles. Yet, for all his success, Bolívar viewed his campaign for independence as a failure, with the famous quote "all who served the revolution have plowed the sea". Do historians think his pessimism was justified? If not, are we ready for the hip-hop musical?

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What is the consensus view among historians regarding the “Nakba” - the term used to describe the destruction of Palestinian society and and the Palestinian homeland in 1948?

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Simon Bolivar won a hundred battles. Yet, for all his success, Bolívar viewed his campaign for independence as a failure, with the famous quote "all who served the revolution have plowed the sea". Do historians think his pessimism was justified? If not, are we ready for the hip-hop musical?	3875
What is the consensus view among historians regarding the “Nakba” - the term used to describe the destruction of Palestinian society and and the Palestinian homeland in 1948?	1