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Given the Mughals ruled most of modern India, why did Islam "stick" in Bangladesh and not elsewhere in the subcontinent?

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Sparta was unique for having two kings at all times. How did this come about historically? How did this affect governing? Were there instances of major conflicts between the two royal lines?

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In the same way that Christians moved Jesus' birthday to coincide with a Pagan holiday to ease conversion, did Catholics invent the concept of Sainthood and multiple saints representing certain elements in life to mirror pagans and their multiple Gods representing certain elements in life?

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The slave trade changed the lives of millions of people, and the economy of the world. But which continent (Europe, Africa, or the Americas) changed the most as a result of the Atlantic slave trade.

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In countries like Sweden, where organized, internal corruption is all but unheard of, people used to bluntly pay to get positions that they could then use for personal profit, same as modern-day Afghanistan. So how did countries like Sweden evolve out of this plethoric small-scale corruption?

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Did photographic documentation of Japanese American internment camps reach the American public during WWII?

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What was the average price for a slave in America? And how much is that nowdays?

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I am an American privateer who has been captured during the Revolution. Am I a pirate or a prisoner?

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Where does the black and white striped bandit with a the eye mask, hooks for hands, and bag with a dollar sign on it come from?

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Were ancient Egyptian pharaoh's all buried following the same religious guidelines?

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Given the Mughals ruled most of modern India, why did Islam "stick" in Bangladesh and not elsewhere in the subcontinent?	27
Sparta was unique for having two kings at all times. How did this come about historically? How did this affect governing? Were there instances of major conflicts between the two royal lines?	27
In the same way that Christians moved Jesus' birthday to coincide with a Pagan holiday to ease conversion, did Catholics invent the concept of Sainthood and multiple saints representing certain elements in life to mirror pagans and their multiple Gods representing certain elements in life?	27
The slave trade changed the lives of millions of people, and the economy of the world. But which continent (Europe, Africa, or the Americas) changed the most as a result of the Atlantic slave trade.	27
In countries like Sweden, where organized, internal corruption is all but unheard of, people used to bluntly pay to get positions that they could then use for personal profit, same as modern-day Afghanistan. So how did countries like Sweden evolve out of this plethoric small-scale corruption?	27
Did photographic documentation of Japanese American internment camps reach the American public during WWII?	27
What was the average price for a slave in America? And how much is that nowdays?	27
I am an American privateer who has been captured during the Revolution. Am I a pirate or a prisoner?	27
Where does the black and white striped bandit with a the eye mask, hooks for hands, and bag with a dollar sign on it come from?	27
Were ancient Egyptian pharaoh's all buried following the same religious guidelines?	27