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What did regular western Europeans understand by the word "socialism" in the late 19th century?

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I've heard that the Pharisees had a bigger influence on modern Orthodox Judaism than other Second-Temple sects. Is that true? Did the Sadducees and Essenes have any influence?

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Military history: How high would the dust cloud of a large army in ancient warfare be?

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Was Queen Phillipa, wife of Edward III, black?

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How was homosexuality viewed in the Abbasid Caliphate?

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What is the longer-term background to Eritrean-Ethiopian tensions?

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Why, all the way back to Alfred, did the medieval Kingdom of England seem to have had such an effective and centralised administration and bureaucracy compared to continental Kingdoms?

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What was Egypt's control over Palestine/Syria like in 1200-1400BC?

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I'm an "average" English soldier in the Hundred Years War. What's my economic and social background probably like?

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Atheism in classical antiquity (in the Mediterranean) and its demise

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What did regular western Europeans understand by the word "socialism" in the late 19th century?	18
I've heard that the Pharisees had a bigger influence on modern Orthodox Judaism than other Second-Temple sects. Is that true? Did the Sadducees and Essenes have any influence?	18
Military history: How high would the dust cloud of a large army in ancient warfare be?	18
Was Queen Phillipa, wife of Edward III, black?	18
How was homosexuality viewed in the Abbasid Caliphate?	17
What is the longer-term background to Eritrean-Ethiopian tensions?	17
Why, all the way back to Alfred, did the medieval Kingdom of England seem to have had such an effective and centralised administration and bureaucracy compared to continental Kingdoms?	17
What was Egypt's control over Palestine/Syria like in 1200-1400BC?	17
I'm an "average" English soldier in the Hundred Years War. What's my economic and social background probably like?	17
Atheism in classical antiquity (in the Mediterranean) and its demise	17