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Are allegations of pedophilia on prophet Muhammad true? Did he indeed have sex with a 9 year old?

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How did Italian city-states got the monopoly over spices in the XV century? Why would Ottoman Empire only trade with them?

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Why didn't the Italian city states become Protestant when German principalities did?

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Did people in the Middle Ages walk differently?

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What is the academic consensus on medieval courtly love? How much of the romanticized concept was real and how did it begin?

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Was it considered scandalous for a white person to publicly support civil rights demonstrations (e.g. Montgomery Bus Boycott) at the time of its occurance?

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I visited a museum in Zurich where I saw a trinket, sort of an amulet, designed to grant safe passage to travelers who ventured through the Alps. I can’t find any information about it anywhere, can you help me? Do you know anything about these traditions?

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Do Chinese and Western dragons share a historic common origin?

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Was Socrates really such a annoyance to the Athenian state thye decided to execute him, or was it for other reasons they just decided to cover up by calling it blasphamy?

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Recently I was on a tour of Delhi and our guide claimed that prior to the occupation of the West, India held the majority of the worlds wealth. He claimed that India was so rich that a cup of chai tea from a street vendor was paid for with gold. Is there any truth to this claim?

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Are allegations of pedophilia on prophet Muhammad true? Did he indeed have sex with a 9 year old?	22
How did Italian city-states got the monopoly over spices in the XV century? Why would Ottoman Empire only trade with them?	22
Why didn't the Italian city states become Protestant when German principalities did?	22
Did people in the Middle Ages walk differently?	22
What is the academic consensus on medieval courtly love? How much of the romanticized concept was real and how did it begin?	22
Was it considered scandalous for a white person to publicly support civil rights demonstrations (e.g. Montgomery Bus Boycott) at the time of its occurance?	22
I visited a museum in Zurich where I saw a trinket, sort of an amulet, designed to grant safe passage to travelers who ventured through the Alps. I can’t find any information about it anywhere, can you help me? Do you know anything about these traditions?	22
Do Chinese and Western dragons share a historic common origin?	22
Was Socrates really such a annoyance to the Athenian state thye decided to execute him, or was it for other reasons they just decided to cover up by calling it blasphamy?	22
Recently I was on a tour of Delhi and our guide claimed that prior to the occupation of the West, India held the majority of the worlds wealth. He claimed that India was so rich that a cup of chai tea from a street vendor was paid for with gold. Is there any truth to this claim?	22