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My high school world history teacher claimed that the concept of free will was "invented" during the rise of Christianity, while the previous Greco Roman culture put more stock in the concept of "Fate." Is this in any way true?

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There is a common saying, that USA lost to vietnamese farmers in the Vietnam War. How much of that is actually true? Where they "just farmers"? Or they were actually military trained?

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Jewish WW1 Veterans during the Nazi regime.

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How exactly did Islam spread to Indonesia, but not other parts of Southeast Asia, like Laos?

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How much did a slave cost in old UK money, in about 1750?

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Why is it such popular opinion that the First Crusade was launched as either an unwarranted act of Christian Aggression or Christian knights banning together to take back the holy land, when really it was the Byzantine Empire taking back their territory to start with.

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How much exposure to high culture did the lower classes have during the Baroque and Classical periods?

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Were slaves ever prostituted in the United States?

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Do the Maori people have oral histories describing their arrival in New Zealand?

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Is there any evidence that Hannibal Barca actually brought elephants to Europe and crossed the alps with them?

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My high school world history teacher claimed that the concept of free will was "invented" during the rise of Christianity, while the previous Greco Roman culture put more stock in the concept of "Fate." Is this in any way true?	74
There is a common saying, that USA lost to vietnamese farmers in the Vietnam War. How much of that is actually true? Where they "just farmers"? Or they were actually military trained?	74
Jewish WW1 Veterans during the Nazi regime.	74
How exactly did Islam spread to Indonesia, but not other parts of Southeast Asia, like Laos?	74
How much did a slave cost in old UK money, in about 1750?	74
Why is it such popular opinion that the First Crusade was launched as either an unwarranted act of Christian Aggression or Christian knights banning together to take back the holy land, when really it was the Byzantine Empire taking back their territory to start with.	74
How much exposure to high culture did the lower classes have during the Baroque and Classical periods?	74
Were slaves ever prostituted in the United States?	74
Do the Maori people have oral histories describing their arrival in New Zealand?	74
Is there any evidence that Hannibal Barca actually brought elephants to Europe and crossed the alps with them?	74