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In strategy games on the PC, one always has a birds eye view of the battlefield and often a clear frontline indicating progress. But how did this look during actual combat in WW1 or WW2? How did they determine where the frontlines are, where their units are, where the enemy units are, etc...?

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How long did it take for the English accent to fade from the U.S., and are there are peer reviewed articles which address why different regions of the U.S. have developed different accents?

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How independent was William the conqueror?

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Why was Mecca fully integrated into Saudi Arabia but the Vatican became independent from Italy? Was there ever a movement for Mecca to be an independent state?

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15 years on, what does Lawrence Wright's 2006 book 'The Looming Tower' get right and wrong about al-Qaeda and 9/11?

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Supposedly, the Incan Empire operated "largely without money and without markets". To what extent was there private property to sustain the economy of the Incans?

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In Wagner's Ring Cycle, the hero Siegfried is a child born from siblings incest. How did 19th century audiences react to that?

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Assuming Jesus's teachings historically happened, were there any teachings or values that were philosophically new/rare in that time?

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Was Juan de Fuca gay?

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Ancient myths of the Americas

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In strategy games on the PC, one always has a birds eye view of the battlefield and often a clear frontline indicating progress. But how did this look during actual combat in WW1 or WW2? How did they determine where the frontlines are, where their units are, where the enemy units are, etc...?	32
How long did it take for the English accent to fade from the U.S., and are there are peer reviewed articles which address why different regions of the U.S. have developed different accents?	32
How independent was William the conqueror?	32
Why was Mecca fully integrated into Saudi Arabia but the Vatican became independent from Italy? Was there ever a movement for Mecca to be an independent state?	32
15 years on, what does Lawrence Wright's 2006 book 'The Looming Tower' get right and wrong about al-Qaeda and 9/11?	32
Supposedly, the Incan Empire operated "largely without money and without markets". To what extent was there private property to sustain the economy of the Incans?	32
In Wagner's Ring Cycle, the hero Siegfried is a child born from siblings incest. How did 19th century audiences react to that?	32
Assuming Jesus's teachings historically happened, were there any teachings or values that were philosophically new/rare in that time?	32
Was Juan de Fuca gay?	32
Ancient myths of the Americas	32