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During the 12th to 14th centuries, how different did Turkic or Mongolian cavalry function in terms of equipment and tactics?
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Traditions regarding Naga's are present throughout most of Southeast Asia. Do these represent a sort of traditional parallel to 'western' fairies?
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I am a wealthy French Royalist living in one of France's colonial holdings, and I have learned of the establishment of the Third French republic. Are there any counter-revolutionary acts against the new republican regime that could be preformed as someone who doesn't live in France itself?
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Much has often been said of the 'ratlines' which allowed various Italian, German, and Spanish fascists to leave Europe in the aftermath of World War 2. Was there any equivalent for French collaborators?
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How quick were Native Americans willing to change their burial practices in the face of the gradual adoption of Christianity among most of the various tribes? How did missionaries view the traditionally buried as 'pagans', as opposed to those who were buried as converted Christians?
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The frame story of the 'Decameron' involves a small group of nobles waiting out the black death in a deserted villa and occupying their time with a story-telling game. Is this meant to have echoed any actual practice among the upper classes of Europe (or at least Italy) during the black death?
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[WP] Cats and dogs have opposing goals, but their societies agree to stop their endless feud in order to gang up on another species that's encroaching on their territory as pets.
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[WP] While Heaven is structured like a bureaucracy, hell has always functioned akin to a sprawling company of nebulous purpose and size. Today is orientation day for the current batch of 'new hires'.
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