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In "All Quiet on the Western Front" the protagonist serves as a private for 5 or 6 whole years during the First World War and is never promoted. Was it common? What did he have to do to be promoted?

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Some ancient and medieval rulers (like Ivan the Terrible) were known for a bad habit of killing messengers and envoys when they didn’t like the message. How were these messengers chosen, did they ever desert rather than deliver an unpleasant message?

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How were medieval castles and towns built on on the hills were supplied by water, particularly during a siege?

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To what extent Mexican Day of the Dead was influenced by ancestor worship in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures?

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In "All Quiet on the Western Front" the protagonist serves as a private for 5 or 6 whole years during the First World War and is never promoted. Was it common? What did he have to do to be promoted?	3738
Some ancient and medieval rulers (like Ivan the Terrible) were known for a bad habit of killing messengers and envoys when they didn’t like the message. How were these messengers chosen, did they ever desert rather than deliver an unpleasant message?	21
How were medieval castles and towns built on on the hills were supplied by water, particularly during a siege?	14
To what extent Mexican Day of the Dead was influenced by ancestor worship in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures?	12