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To what extent were the God-Emperor of Mankind's imperialistic unification efforts in the Great Crusade colored by his experiences in Neolithic Anatolia?

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How were christian missionaries successful in converting Germanic pagans to a belief system so antithetical to their cultural practices?

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Why did Scandinavia suddenly produce (what I have been led to believe is) an explosion of raids into everywhere during the middle ages? What caused such a thing?

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Has academia in the west and elsewhere always been associated with the Left? Was there ever a time or place where universities were publishing and furthering observably conservative works?

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What place did the old german aristocracy have in hitler's germany?

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Is there a reason Hellenic paganism produced comparatively less (or less developed) theology than Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, or other beliefs?

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Were there any technological or scientific factors limiting the Mongol's rapid expansions from happening earlier? Was there any reason it couldn't have happened centuries before?

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Is the modern obsession with the zodiac a revival, or have Europeans been practicing astrology constantly since antiquity?

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Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam very distinctly has God within a cloth in the exact shape of a human brain. What are the actual implications of the artist drawing it this way?

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Was Abram/Abraham likely a historical figure?

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To what extent were the God-Emperor of Mankind's imperialistic unification efforts in the Great Crusade colored by his experiences in Neolithic Anatolia?	4
How were christian missionaries successful in converting Germanic pagans to a belief system so antithetical to their cultural practices?	3
Why did Scandinavia suddenly produce (what I have been led to believe is) an explosion of raids into everywhere during the middle ages? What caused such a thing?	3
Has academia in the west and elsewhere always been associated with the Left? Was there ever a time or place where universities were publishing and furthering observably conservative works?	2
What place did the old german aristocracy have in hitler's germany?	2
Is there a reason Hellenic paganism produced comparatively less (or less developed) theology than Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, or other beliefs?	2
Were there any technological or scientific factors limiting the Mongol's rapid expansions from happening earlier? Was there any reason it couldn't have happened centuries before?	2
Is the modern obsession with the zodiac a revival, or have Europeans been practicing astrology constantly since antiquity?	2
Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam very distinctly has God within a cloth in the exact shape of a human brain. What are the actual implications of the artist drawing it this way?	2
Was Abram/Abraham likely a historical figure?	2