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How true is the common notion that Nero blamed Christians for the fire in Rome? Is there a source other than Tacitus?

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Did Palestinian Jews welcome the Balfour Declaration?

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What are the chief arguments for and against the existence of the United Kingdom of Israel?

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How did the Colombian Exchange contribute to the Chinese population boom?

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Did France ever suffer a significant backlash from the Catholic Church/other Catholic nations as a result of the Franco-Ottoman alliance?

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Are there any modern peoples descended from Canaanites?

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What were considered the geographical borders of Iran itself during the ancient Persian Empires?

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How was the RPF able to defeat the government forces so rapidly after the onset of the Rwandan Genocide, after three years of stalemate beforehand?

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The Bible is known to have been subject to extensive revisions, additions, omissions and alterations throughout history by chroniclers. Are there any known instances of other ancient texts, like the Iliad or Odyssey, being editorialised at later dates?

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In the context of Spanish history, "Moors" would have been mostly Berbers and Arabs, and contemporary European art depicts them as "white," but in modern western popular perception, Moors are very often envisioned as "black" and resembling sub-Saharan Africans. When and why did this shift occur?

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How true is the common notion that Nero blamed Christians for the fire in Rome? Is there a source other than Tacitus?	3
Did Palestinian Jews welcome the Balfour Declaration?	3
What are the chief arguments for and against the existence of the United Kingdom of Israel?	3
How did the Colombian Exchange contribute to the Chinese population boom?	2
Did France ever suffer a significant backlash from the Catholic Church/other Catholic nations as a result of the Franco-Ottoman alliance?	2
Are there any modern peoples descended from Canaanites?	2
What were considered the geographical borders of Iran itself during the ancient Persian Empires?	2
How was the RPF able to defeat the government forces so rapidly after the onset of the Rwandan Genocide, after three years of stalemate beforehand?	1
The Bible is known to have been subject to extensive revisions, additions, omissions and alterations throughout history by chroniclers. Are there any known instances of other ancient texts, like the Iliad or Odyssey, being editorialised at later dates?	1
In the context of Spanish history, "Moors" would have been mostly Berbers and Arabs, and contemporary European art depicts them as "white," but in modern western popular perception, Moors are very often envisioned as "black" and resembling sub-Saharan Africans. When and why did this shift occur?	1