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Would an Arabic speaker from today be able to at least somewhat communicate with an Arabic speaker from around 1200 AD?

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How did the French public react to the brutality of the Algerian war for independence and what was their response to the various war crimes committed and the systematic use of torture?

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In "The Great Gatsby", Nick says that he participated in WWI and enjoyed it, saying: "I enjoyed the counter-raid so thoroughly that I came back restless." Would the war have actually been that easy for someone like Nick, who comes from a very wealthy family?

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Did civilisations that originated in the americas such as the Aztecs and Incas have dairy?

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Did Stalin, in any way, actually care about the USSR and its people? Or was he just a very power hungry man with absolutely no care for his people?

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Al-Andalus fell in the late 1400s. How different would history be if the Muslims from Al-Andalus discovered the new world before the Spanish and Portuguese? Would a comparable number of Native Americans be killed and/or sold into slavery? Would there be as many book burnings and forced conversions?

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Would an Arabic speaker from today be able to at least somewhat communicate with an Arabic speaker from around 1200 AD?	4078
How did the French public react to the brutality of the Algerian war for independence and what was their response to the various war crimes committed and the systematic use of torture?	49
In "The Great Gatsby", Nick says that he participated in WWI and enjoyed it, saying: "I enjoyed the counter-raid so thoroughly that I came back restless." Would the war have actually been that easy for someone like Nick, who comes from a very wealthy family?	18
Did civilisations that originated in the americas such as the Aztecs and Incas have dairy?	7
Did Stalin, in any way, actually care about the USSR and its people? Or was he just a very power hungry man with absolutely no care for his people?	1
Al-Andalus fell in the late 1400s. How different would history be if the Muslims from Al-Andalus discovered the new world before the Spanish and Portuguese? Would a comparable number of Native Americans be killed and/or sold into slavery? Would there be as many book burnings and forced conversions?	1