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Why were the Scythians such masters of gold-smithing?

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How much did "purity of blood" matter German & Austrian society before Hitler? Would somebody like Johann Strauss have experienced notable antisemitic prejudice for being part Jewish?

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What were relations like between the Russian Tsardom and Ming China?

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In 1919, why did Rosa Luxemburg speak out against the imminent possibility of a communist uprising in Germany?

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Do we know when the last Irish and Brythonic pagans would have lived?

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In the film Django Unchained, a very wealthy planter gives guns to a handful of his slaves, to confront a pair of bounty hunters. Would this have ever happened?

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The traditional narrative is that all Jews were expelled from England in 1290, and none were allowed into the country until 1657. Did any Jews discretely live in England during the centuries in between?

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Why does the Greek religion contain both Helios and Apollo, two deities with very similar functions? Is one god older than the other?

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Did any Early Modern Islamic nations consider or attempt to colonize the New World?

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Why did some English foods (blood pudding, bangers and mash, spotted dick, kidney pie) not survive the Atlantic passage?

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Why were the Scythians such masters of gold-smithing?	42
How much did "purity of blood" matter German & Austrian society before Hitler? Would somebody like Johann Strauss have experienced notable antisemitic prejudice for being part Jewish?	42
What were relations like between the Russian Tsardom and Ming China?	42
In 1919, why did Rosa Luxemburg speak out against the imminent possibility of a communist uprising in Germany?	42
Do we know when the last Irish and Brythonic pagans would have lived?	41
In the film Django Unchained, a very wealthy planter gives guns to a handful of his slaves, to confront a pair of bounty hunters. Would this have ever happened?	41
The traditional narrative is that all Jews were expelled from England in 1290, and none were allowed into the country until 1657. Did any Jews discretely live in England during the centuries in between?	41
Why does the Greek religion contain both Helios and Apollo, two deities with very similar functions? Is one god older than the other?	41
Did any Early Modern Islamic nations consider or attempt to colonize the New World?	41
Why did some English foods (blood pudding, bangers and mash, spotted dick, kidney pie) not survive the Atlantic passage?	41