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Has there been a non-Western art tradition that used chiaroscuro?

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What happened to American postbellum black art?

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Historians used to believe the city of Troy was just a legend. However, the general consensus now is that it existed. What other examples are there of once-thought "mythical" phenomena being found to be historical?

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What do we actually know about Heo Hwang-ok, the legendary Indian Queen of Korea?

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Did the peasantry do arranged marriages?

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What was the public and theological reaction when it was first discovered that Siddhartha Guamata had been venerated as the Christian saint Josephet?

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Why were the Islamic Gunpowder empires (the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires) unable to recreate the intellectual glory of the Islamic Golden Age despite being politically stable, wealthy and militarily strong at their height?

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I'm a knight living in Europe in the 15th century. I have enough spare money to buy plate armor, but it's from the bargain bin of blacksmiths. What problems might I run into with my armor?

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Did Arabs before Islam claim descent from Ishmael?

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Were the Plantagenet kings of England ever referred to as being from ‘House of Plantagenet’ by their contemporaries, or was it only a surname applied to them after the dynasty had ended?

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Has there been a non-Western art tradition that used chiaroscuro?	22
What happened to American postbellum black art?	22
Historians used to believe the city of Troy was just a legend. However, the general consensus now is that it existed. What other examples are there of once-thought "mythical" phenomena being found to be historical?	22
What do we actually know about Heo Hwang-ok, the legendary Indian Queen of Korea?	22
Did the peasantry do arranged marriages?	22
What was the public and theological reaction when it was first discovered that Siddhartha Guamata had been venerated as the Christian saint Josephet?	22
Why were the Islamic Gunpowder empires (the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires) unable to recreate the intellectual glory of the Islamic Golden Age despite being politically stable, wealthy and militarily strong at their height?	22
I'm a knight living in Europe in the 15th century. I have enough spare money to buy plate armor, but it's from the bargain bin of blacksmiths. What problems might I run into with my armor?	22
Did Arabs before Islam claim descent from Ishmael?	22
Were the Plantagenet kings of England ever referred to as being from ‘House of Plantagenet’ by their contemporaries, or was it only a surname applied to them after the dynasty had ended?	22