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The Papal States got involved in physical wars during its existence. How did Catholic rulers justify fighting against an army commanded by God's representative on Earth?

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It's New Year's Eve 1944 in Berlin. What kind of celebrations, if any, are going on? What does everyone think of the coming year?

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The Umayyad Caliphate came into existence in 661 and fell less than a century later. In that time, did it develop its own unique culture or did it just absorb the cultures that it conquered?

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The Byzantines and the Orthodox Church dated their calendar from the start of the world in 5509 BC. Was there any effort to tie the discovery of the New World to AM 7000 (AD 1492)?

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Often in the West children are invited to imagine themselves as President/Prime Minister of their country. Did a similar tradition exist in any ostensibly "democratic" communist countries?

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By the end of the 11th century there were 3 different states (HRE, ERE, Sultanate of Rum) calling themselves "Romans". Outside the borders of these states, who, if anyone, would people at this time call the true Romans?

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I've noticed some place names that are clearly based on the name in a different language (Africa - Ifriqiyya, London - Londres, Mumbai - Bombay, etc.) but are too different to have been misheard. What gives?

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What did surviving Nazis think of German reunification?

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When did the Allied victory in World War II go from an "if" to a "when"?

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When would a Christian see Christianity as Catholic and Orthodox, as opposed to a single Chalcedonian Church?

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The Papal States got involved in physical wars during its existence. How did Catholic rulers justify fighting against an army commanded by God's representative on Earth?	251
It's New Year's Eve 1944 in Berlin. What kind of celebrations, if any, are going on? What does everyone think of the coming year?	70
The Umayyad Caliphate came into existence in 661 and fell less than a century later. In that time, did it develop its own unique culture or did it just absorb the cultures that it conquered?	41
The Byzantines and the Orthodox Church dated their calendar from the start of the world in 5509 BC. Was there any effort to tie the discovery of the New World to AM 7000 (AD 1492)?	19
Often in the West children are invited to imagine themselves as President/Prime Minister of their country. Did a similar tradition exist in any ostensibly "democratic" communist countries?	18
By the end of the 11th century there were 3 different states (HRE, ERE, Sultanate of Rum) calling themselves "Romans". Outside the borders of these states, who, if anyone, would people at this time call the true Romans?	16
I've noticed some place names that are clearly based on the name in a different language (Africa - Ifriqiyya, London - Londres, Mumbai - Bombay, etc.) but are too different to have been misheard. What gives?	9
What did surviving Nazis think of German reunification?	5
When did the Allied victory in World War II go from an "if" to a "when"?	5
When would a Christian see Christianity as Catholic and Orthodox, as opposed to a single Chalcedonian Church?	4