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How did Nazi (or any anti-semetic) Christians view the Old Testament, given that pretty much exclusively follows the history of the Jewish people?	3652
In the game Crusader Kings, feudal society is organized in a very strict hierarchy. Emperors > Kings > Dukes > Counts > Barons/Mayors/ Bishops. Did medieval society consider these ranks to be part of a strict hierarchy like that or was the "chain of command" (so to speak) much more fluid?	1465
If Jesus and Joshua came from the same root, Yeshua, how did the two names become known as distinct in later translations of the Bible?	345
What is most likely the oldest continuously inhabited city? (I.e. Not including a city built on top of a completely different city)?	239
Why did Cyril invent a new alphabet when translating the Bible into Moravian instead of just using the standard Greek alphabet of the Byzantine Empire?	147
Were the Roman gods literally transplanted from the Ancient Greek tradition or did Rome coincidentally have a pantheon of Gods that lined up with the Greeks and they made the comparison later on?	94
Would it have ever been possible for another species of humans to have existed alongside Homo Sapiens until modern day or were we just too dominant?	80
Why do other languages have last names indicating where people are from (like Von in German and De in French, Spanish and Portuguese) but English doesn't seem to have any?	52
Who were the original inhabitants of Iberia before the Romans invaded and what happened to them?	39
Why did the Jewish authorities in Jerusalem have the Romans arrest and execute Jesus of Nazareth instead of doing it themselves? Did the client kingdom of Judea not have the right to enforce justice in their own realm at the time?	39

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