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Why is Septimius Severus regarded as being a good emperor, even though he debased Roman currency from 70% silver to 50% silver, increased the pay of the troops to unsustainable amounts which made them undisciplined, and made his son, Caracalla, into the tyrant that he's remembered as?

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What are the origins of antisemitism in the Islamic world?

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After the October Revolution, many nobles fled from Russia. What happened to those who were stuck or stayed?

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What was the status of Zoroastrians, Buddhists, Hindus, and pagans under the Rashidun, Umayyad, and Abbasid caliphates?

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How were lesbians viewed in Ancient Rome?

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How did Hitler and Ataturk view each other?

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Given that in Babylon, victims of crime had to physically capture the perpetrator and couldn’t rely on the authorities (at least that is what I heard), was bounty hunting common?

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Why didn’t we see other forms of radical socialism, like syndicalism, rise up in nations as opposed to communism?

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How did the Founding Fathers view Catherine the Great and Frederick the Great and vice versa?

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How did Albania manage to not be Hellenized, Latinized, or Slavicized?

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Why is Septimius Severus regarded as being a good emperor, even though he debased Roman currency from 70% silver to 50% silver, increased the pay of the troops to unsustainable amounts which made them undisciplined, and made his son, Caracalla, into the tyrant that he's remembered as?	14
What are the origins of antisemitism in the Islamic world?	14
After the October Revolution, many nobles fled from Russia. What happened to those who were stuck or stayed?	13
What was the status of Zoroastrians, Buddhists, Hindus, and pagans under the Rashidun, Umayyad, and Abbasid caliphates?	13
How were lesbians viewed in Ancient Rome?	13
How did Hitler and Ataturk view each other?	11
Given that in Babylon, victims of crime had to physically capture the perpetrator and couldn’t rely on the authorities (at least that is what I heard), was bounty hunting common?	11
Why didn’t we see other forms of radical socialism, like syndicalism, rise up in nations as opposed to communism?	10
How did the Founding Fathers view Catherine the Great and Frederick the Great and vice versa?	9
How did Albania manage to not be Hellenized, Latinized, or Slavicized?	8