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Were Islamic kingdoms more unstable than their Christian counterparts?

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How did the Gauls manage to muster so many men during the Gallic War?

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According to Wikipedia, the Byzantine encyclopedia the Suda states Nicomachus, Aristotle's father and a physician, was supposedly descended from Asclepius, the god of medicine. Was this an invention of the Suda or part of an ancient tradition?

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How did leftist intellectuals and politicians in the West justify the political repression in the USSR, China, and other communist countries?

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Is there any evidence of or study about scarcity in American men after World War 2 leading to American women having to more compliant to potential partners?

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How did Gorbachev have the power to institute glasnost and perestroika?

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How were West and East Germany able to handle the additional population from the Germans who fled the former eastern territories of Germany?

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Why were the Ottomans willing to accept French help during the Crimean War given the relatively recent French conquest of Algeria?

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Was the stock market crash the cause or a symptom of the Great Depression?

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Why did the Mughal Emperor Babur write an autobiography? Was there an autobiographical tradition among either Central Asian Turco-Mongol or Persianate rulers?

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Were Islamic kingdoms more unstable than their Christian counterparts?	2
How did the Gauls manage to muster so many men during the Gallic War?	2
According to Wikipedia, the Byzantine encyclopedia the Suda states Nicomachus, Aristotle's father and a physician, was supposedly descended from Asclepius, the god of medicine. Was this an invention of the Suda or part of an ancient tradition?	2
How did leftist intellectuals and politicians in the West justify the political repression in the USSR, China, and other communist countries?	2
Is there any evidence of or study about scarcity in American men after World War 2 leading to American women having to more compliant to potential partners?	2
How did Gorbachev have the power to institute glasnost and perestroika?	2
How were West and East Germany able to handle the additional population from the Germans who fled the former eastern territories of Germany?	2
Why were the Ottomans willing to accept French help during the Crimean War given the relatively recent French conquest of Algeria?	2
Was the stock market crash the cause or a symptom of the Great Depression?	2
Why did the Mughal Emperor Babur write an autobiography? Was there an autobiographical tradition among either Central Asian Turco-Mongol or Persianate rulers?	2