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How did the economies of west African countries change between the end of the transatlantic slave trade and the scramble for Africa?

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Why did Iran and the other Eastern Regions of the Islamic Caliphates not get Arabised?

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Why did Tibet not join the UN?

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How long did it take Catholic communities in northern Scandinavia to learn they were suddenly part of a Protestant kingdom? Was there any significant pushback?

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Why is "Smith" the most common English surname?

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In a tweet, a woman asserts that "the worst thing about depression is that 150 years ago my treatment would have been vibrators and heroin." Is this an accurate, if jocular, generalization? What's the history behind the use of vibrators and/or heroin to treat women's depression in the West?

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I am an apolitical, able-bodied, heterosexual, non-Jewish, ethnically German male born in Berlin in 1895. What are the chances that I remain in Germany for the rest of my life and that I survive until 1946?

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Was Cleopatras emerald collection actually composed of peridot?

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Did the abramic God evolve from the Egyptian god Osiris?

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Last year a 14th-century Aztec steam bath was found in Mexico City, which researchers linked to the worship of female deities. . What do we know about the forms of worship/ritual/belief system involved here?

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How did the economies of west African countries change between the end of the transatlantic slave trade and the scramble for Africa?	30
Why did Iran and the other Eastern Regions of the Islamic Caliphates not get Arabised?	30
Why did Tibet not join the UN?	30
How long did it take Catholic communities in northern Scandinavia to learn they were suddenly part of a Protestant kingdom? Was there any significant pushback?	30
Why is "Smith" the most common English surname?	30
In a tweet, a woman asserts that "the worst thing about depression is that 150 years ago my treatment would have been vibrators and heroin." Is this an accurate, if jocular, generalization? What's the history behind the use of vibrators and/or heroin to treat women's depression in the West?	30
I am an apolitical, able-bodied, heterosexual, non-Jewish, ethnically German male born in Berlin in 1895. What are the chances that I remain in Germany for the rest of my life and that I survive until 1946?	30
Was Cleopatras emerald collection actually composed of peridot?	30
Did the abramic God evolve from the Egyptian god Osiris?	30
Last year a 14th-century Aztec steam bath was found in Mexico City, which researchers linked to the worship of female deities. . What do we know about the forms of worship/ritual/belief system involved here?	30