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When did Zoroastrianism become extinct in Afghanistan and Central Asia?

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Why is the word 'Bosnian' left out of the 'Serbo-Croatian language' and the country 'Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes'?

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What sort of African-Americans immigrated to Liberia in the 1800s?

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Did Ataturk commit genocide against Kurds in Dersim and Zilan?

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Why was the Spanish colonisation of the Americas so brutal and destructive compared to their colonisation of the Philippines?

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How did Turkey call itself a secular republic when they forced non-Muslim citizens to pay higher taxes and deported ethnic Turkish Christians to Greece?

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Why didn't the Sasanian Empire leave behind great architecture like their Achaemenid predecessors or Byzantine rivals?

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If the Huguenots (French Calvinists) believed in predestination, how did they interpret the persecution and massacres they faced for their faith? Did they believe God was cursing them?

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What happened to the Ismaili population after the Fatimid Caliphate collapsed? Why do they no longer exist in Egypt?

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How did such a small country like Ireland produce such a huge diaspora?

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When did Zoroastrianism become extinct in Afghanistan and Central Asia?	15
Why is the word 'Bosnian' left out of the 'Serbo-Croatian language' and the country 'Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes'?	14
What sort of African-Americans immigrated to Liberia in the 1800s?	12
Did Ataturk commit genocide against Kurds in Dersim and Zilan?	11
Why was the Spanish colonisation of the Americas so brutal and destructive compared to their colonisation of the Philippines?	11
How did Turkey call itself a secular republic when they forced non-Muslim citizens to pay higher taxes and deported ethnic Turkish Christians to Greece?	10
Why didn't the Sasanian Empire leave behind great architecture like their Achaemenid predecessors or Byzantine rivals?	8
If the Huguenots (French Calvinists) believed in predestination, how did they interpret the persecution and massacres they faced for their faith? Did they believe God was cursing them?	7
What happened to the Ismaili population after the Fatimid Caliphate collapsed? Why do they no longer exist in Egypt?	6
How did such a small country like Ireland produce such a huge diaspora?	6