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According to Wikipedia, the French casualties at Agincourt included three dukes, nine counts, a Viscount, an Archbishop, the Constable of France, Master of the Royal Household, and 3-5,000 other knights and squires. What would the effect of such a catastrophe had on the French feudal system?

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Historically, The Northern Indian Subcontinent has been conquered/invaded several times from Persia and Central Asia, yet Indian empires have rarely conquered beyond the Hindu Kush. Why not?

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Several of Shakespeare's works include references to pagan deities, without painting them in a particularly bad light, and even asks their blessings (O for a Muse of fire). Was this (or similar references in the works of other authors) frowned upon in pre-enlightenment Elizabethan England?

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Why was it that during the Second World War and the years preceding it, Stalin purged much of his armed forces command structure for fear of dissent and lack of communist orthodoxy, yet Hitler, famous for his megalomania and paranoia, left the Wehrmacht largely un-purged until very late in his rule?

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According to Wikipedia, the French casualties at Agincourt included three dukes, nine counts, a Viscount, an Archbishop, the Constable of France, Master of the Royal Household, and 3-5,000 other knights and squires. What would the effect of such a catastrophe had on the French feudal system?	2929
Historically, The Northern Indian Subcontinent has been conquered/invaded several times from Persia and Central Asia, yet Indian empires have rarely conquered beyond the Hindu Kush. Why not?	171
Several of Shakespeare's works include references to pagan deities, without painting them in a particularly bad light, and even asks their blessings (O for a Muse of fire). Was this (or similar references in the works of other authors) frowned upon in pre-enlightenment Elizabethan England?	5
Why was it that during the Second World War and the years preceding it, Stalin purged much of his armed forces command structure for fear of dissent and lack of communist orthodoxy, yet Hitler, famous for his megalomania and paranoia, left the Wehrmacht largely un-purged until very late in his rule?	0