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How did Georgia and Armenia manage to stay christian when they were surrounded by powerful Islamic states?

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Did the Catholic Church speak out against the fascist governments of Italy and Nazi Germany or make any attempt to help Jewish people during the holocaust?

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How did Italian Americans react to the U.S. being at war with Fascist Italy during WW2? Was there any widespread support for Mussolini among Italian Americans?

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How pagan was Europe in 1000 AD? Was paganism still practiced in a wide scale under christian monarchs?

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In the middle ages Lithuania was a large and powerful nation, but current day Lithuania is a small weak country. What happened?

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In the quest for the historical Jesus, historians and biblical scholars tend to view the synoptic gospels as a more trustworthy source than the Gospel of John. Does John contain any historical information not found in the synoptic Gospels?

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Why did Germanic tribes seem to be more effective at fighting the Romans than other barbarians like Dacians, British tribes, and the Celtic Tribes of Gaul? Did Germanic peoples have better weapons or tactics?

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Yugoslavia was a nation which comprised every south Slavic nation except Bulgaria. Why wasn't Bulgaria a part of Yugoslavia?

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Why did the pike disappear from the battlefield in antiquity and what contributed to its return in medieval and renaissance era Europe?

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Why is the gospel of John so different from the synoptic gospels? Does John contain any information not found in the synoptics deemed historical by scholars?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did Georgia and Armenia manage to stay christian when they were surrounded by powerful Islamic states?	3105
Did the Catholic Church speak out against the fascist governments of Italy and Nazi Germany or make any attempt to help Jewish people during the holocaust?	2389
How did Italian Americans react to the U.S. being at war with Fascist Italy during WW2? Was there any widespread support for Mussolini among Italian Americans?	120
How pagan was Europe in 1000 AD? Was paganism still practiced in a wide scale under christian monarchs?	34
In the middle ages Lithuania was a large and powerful nation, but current day Lithuania is a small weak country. What happened?	19
In the quest for the historical Jesus, historians and biblical scholars tend to view the synoptic gospels as a more trustworthy source than the Gospel of John. Does John contain any historical information not found in the synoptic Gospels?	12
Why did Germanic tribes seem to be more effective at fighting the Romans than other barbarians like Dacians, British tribes, and the Celtic Tribes of Gaul? Did Germanic peoples have better weapons or tactics?	11
Yugoslavia was a nation which comprised every south Slavic nation except Bulgaria. Why wasn't Bulgaria a part of Yugoslavia?	5
Why did the pike disappear from the battlefield in antiquity and what contributed to its return in medieval and renaissance era Europe?	3
Why is the gospel of John so different from the synoptic gospels? Does John contain any information not found in the synoptics deemed historical by scholars?	2