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Figures like Alexander the Great, Mehmet II, and Ranjit Singh were known for accomplishing great conquests while they were still very young. How much of these accomplishments were a result of their own talents, and how much was due to other factors like luck/advisors/veteran generals?

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Was living under a communist government in China and the USSR as bad as American propaganda makes it out to be? How does it compare to living in capitalist Russia?

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Historically, how long have Arabs been the dominant ethnic group in the Middle East?

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Figures like Alexander the Great, Mehmet II, and Ranjit Singh were known for accomplishing great conquests while they were still very young. How much of these accomplishments were a result of their own talents, and how much was due to other factors like luck/advisors/veteran generals?	1948
Was living under a communist government in China and the USSR as bad as American propaganda makes it out to be? How does it compare to living in capitalist Russia?	60
Historically, how long have Arabs been the dominant ethnic group in the Middle East?	5