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How did the Tutsis in Rwanda become ethnicised?

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Why did the May 15 and Feb 26 incidents evoke such support amongst ordinary Japanese people?

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I've that post-Roman Britain had significant population decline... but also that life expectency went up. Are both true, if so how?

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Who was Mu'awiya, and how did he become the 5th Caliph?

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A 12th century peasant is raped, and there are no other witnesses. How likely is she to get any kind of justice? What circumstances would make it more or less likely? NSFW

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Having freed themselves from the British, why did the Irish almost immediately fight their own civil war?

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in Europe, why have Catholic countries tended to maintain their levels of religiosity more than Protestant countries?

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What did Benjamin Disraeli think of the Jewish religion?

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If a politician in 1900 in a Western country described themselves as "Conservative", what policy positions would people expect? How different would they be to today?

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How did the Ancient Greeks define which cities were or weren't Greek?

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How did the Tutsis in Rwanda become ethnicised?	4
Why did the May 15 and Feb 26 incidents evoke such support amongst ordinary Japanese people?	4
I've that post-Roman Britain had significant population decline... but also that life expectency went up. Are both true, if so how?	4
Who was Mu'awiya, and how did he become the 5th Caliph?	4
A 12th century peasant is raped, and there are no other witnesses. How likely is she to get any kind of justice? What circumstances would make it more or less likely? NSFW	4
Having freed themselves from the British, why did the Irish almost immediately fight their own civil war?	4
in Europe, why have Catholic countries tended to maintain their levels of religiosity more than Protestant countries?	4
What did Benjamin Disraeli think of the Jewish religion?	4
If a politician in 1900 in a Western country described themselves as "Conservative", what policy positions would people expect? How different would they be to today?	4
How did the Ancient Greeks define which cities were or weren't Greek?	4