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Pol Pot's regime killed 300k Chinese Cambodians and received extensive Chinese financial support. At one point Deng Xiaoping even invaded Vietnam in defense of a regime that genocided Chinese people. Why?

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This FB post says all Francophone Africans know the story of the baguette and french cheese. What’s the story?

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The Peruvian Marxist Mariategui calls the Incas a "socialist economy"; Prescott compares the Incas to imperial China. Which is correct?

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How did the Epic of Gilgamesh end up forgotten for thousands of years?

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I'm Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat, and I'm at the Camp David Accords in 1978. The Israelis took Gaza from Egypt in 1967. Do I want Gaza? If I don't want it, why don't I want it?

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Why did Christians abolish hieroglyphics, while preserving Roman and Greek script?

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Why was the war on drugs so much more successful in East Asia than in the West?

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Who were precolonial opponents of the caste system in India? Did anyone do inter-caste dining, for instance?

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Is there a historical connection between the Alawite religion in Syria and the Alaouite dynasty in Morocco? If so, what is it?

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Buddhists were at times skeptical or critical of caste; Ashoka was Buddhist king of India. What was Ashoka's policy on caste; was there a "caste question"?

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Pol Pot's regime killed 300k Chinese Cambodians and received extensive Chinese financial support. At one point Deng Xiaoping even invaded Vietnam in defense of a regime that genocided Chinese people. Why?	180
This FB post says all Francophone Africans know the story of the baguette and french cheese. What’s the story?	40
The Peruvian Marxist Mariategui calls the Incas a "socialist economy"; Prescott compares the Incas to imperial China. Which is correct?	36
How did the Epic of Gilgamesh end up forgotten for thousands of years?	32
I'm Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat, and I'm at the Camp David Accords in 1978. The Israelis took Gaza from Egypt in 1967. Do I want Gaza? If I don't want it, why don't I want it?	28
Why did Christians abolish hieroglyphics, while preserving Roman and Greek script?	21
Why was the war on drugs so much more successful in East Asia than in the West?	21
Who were precolonial opponents of the caste system in India? Did anyone do inter-caste dining, for instance?	20
Is there a historical connection between the Alawite religion in Syria and the Alaouite dynasty in Morocco? If so, what is it?	16
Buddhists were at times skeptical or critical of caste; Ashoka was Buddhist king of India. What was Ashoka's policy on caste; was there a "caste question"?	15