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[Repost] Why was polygamy legal in Hongkong up until 1971?

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By the time the Umayyad Caliphate ended, Persia, Syria, and Egypt were still majority non-Muslim. Is the same true for today's Maghreb, i.e. Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco?

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During his infamous campaign to conquer Arabia Felix Roman prefect Aelius Gallus briefly managed to occupy Mecca in around 25 BCE. What did the city look like at that time?

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Kenneth Pomeranz's book "The Great Divergence" was presented to me as the reference book on on its field in university. Do his arguments still hold up, twenty years after publication?

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I am living in a (comparatively) large town somewhere in Francia during the reign of Charles Martel. What does my hometown look like? (2nd try)

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Atahualpa could ascend the Incan throne only after a civil war against his half-brother Huascar before being captured by the Spanish, often rendering him as a tragic figure of the Conquista ever since. But how did Huascar's image develop over time?

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How much do we know about Eva Braun's (Adolf Hitler's mistress and late wife) character and personality?

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Has the Shinkansen rail network itself ever provided any significant economic effects on the Japanese economy?

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How did ancient Greek/Roman mythology survive until the Renaissance?

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[Repost] Has the Shinkansen rail network itself ever provided any significant economic effects for the Japanese economy?

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[Repost] Why was polygamy legal in Hongkong up until 1971?	10
By the time the Umayyad Caliphate ended, Persia, Syria, and Egypt were still majority non-Muslim. Is the same true for today's Maghreb, i.e. Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco?	9
During his infamous campaign to conquer Arabia Felix Roman prefect Aelius Gallus briefly managed to occupy Mecca in around 25 BCE. What did the city look like at that time?	6
Kenneth Pomeranz's book "The Great Divergence" was presented to me as the reference book on on its field in university. Do his arguments still hold up, twenty years after publication?	6
I am living in a (comparatively) large town somewhere in Francia during the reign of Charles Martel. What does my hometown look like? (2nd try)	6
Atahualpa could ascend the Incan throne only after a civil war against his half-brother Huascar before being captured by the Spanish, often rendering him as a tragic figure of the Conquista ever since. But how did Huascar's image develop over time?	5
How much do we know about Eva Braun's (Adolf Hitler's mistress and late wife) character and personality?	3
Has the Shinkansen rail network itself ever provided any significant economic effects on the Japanese economy?	3
How did ancient Greek/Roman mythology survive until the Renaissance?	2
[Repost] Has the Shinkansen rail network itself ever provided any significant economic effects for the Japanese economy?	2