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What were eastern Orthodox priests saying about the Protestant Reformation as it happened? Were they generally supportive of the Reformation, or did they see the various Protestant groups as heretics the way the Catholic Church did?

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Why did the countries of the British Isles such as England never adopt an Inquisitorial system of justice and a civil law system like the rest of Europe? Why did they retain the adversarial and common law systems?

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Is modern Turkey descended from the inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire?

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Why are non-Jewish Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarussian deaths in WWII not given much attention outside of the total numbers?

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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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What were eastern Orthodox priests saying about the Protestant Reformation as it happened? Were they generally supportive of the Reformation, or did they see the various Protestant groups as heretics the way the Catholic Church did?	32
Why did the countries of the British Isles such as England never adopt an Inquisitorial system of justice and a civil law system like the rest of Europe? Why did they retain the adversarial and common law systems?	32
Is modern Turkey descended from the inhabitants of the Byzantine Empire?	32
Why are non-Jewish Ukrainian, Russian, and Belarussian deaths in WWII not given much attention outside of the total numbers?	32
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