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In "The Inferno" by Dante fraud is found within the 8th circle of Hell. Why was Fraud so low and viewed so severely	476
How did the Swiss guard (who I am assuming are from Switzerland) become the guards of the Pope from Vatican City ?	368
How did Uncle Tom (the character from Stowe’s Uncle Toma Cabin)come to be an insult and a condemnation of betrayal by blacks to other blacks , when the character and book Uncle Tom is a morally righteous man who even attempts to escape slavery to freedom ?	98
I've been told contrary to popular belief at the time Stalin hated or at least mistrusted Eastern Communists such as Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, Mao Zedong in China, and Kim Il Sung in Korea. Was their any truth to this and if so why would Stalin mistrust his closest ideological allies ?	76
How did monasteries get into the beer making business back in the Middle Ages ? What made these monks so good at there craft that some are still making beer to this day ?	68
Say I'm a king in Medieval Europe or renaissance Europe how would I go about hiring a mercenary company to fight for me? Were there contracts, and what decided the price, and finally how would I know they wouldn't just turn tail and run in a fight with my money?	68
I am a Middle Ages peasant and after hearing the Popes call for the crusades I wanna go free the Holy Land... I have one problem how do I exactly get to the Holy Land , and who do I join once I'm there ?	58
I am a Roman citizen during the reign of the 5 good emperors , and I wanna go to the Roman baths. What would the process or procedures at the baths be and what things is there to do there besides bath.	57
In Dantes' Inferno , why was Saladin a Muslim and more importantly the enemy to the crusaders in Limbo while Muhammad the Prophet is in actual Hell? Did Europeans at the time like Saladin or what?	51
How were the Union soldiers who surrender fort Sumter treated when they got back to the north?	40

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