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Why are there so many more large cities on the west coast of Lake Michigan as compared to the east coast of the lake?

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What percentage of the population of the Roman Empire would have been Jewish during the life of the Apostle Paul?

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What processes or historical events contributed to the displacement or marginalization of Indo-European speaking tribes on the Central Asian steppes (Sogdians, Tocharians, etc...) and their replacement with Turkic speaking peoples.

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What language would have been dominant in Babylonia at at the time of the "Babylonian Captivity" of the elites of Judah in the 6th century BCE?

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Conan is the most famous fictional Cimmerian. Who is the most famous non-fictional Cimmerian and why?

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What was the largest pre-gunpowder siege in history?

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What happened to the excess wives in plural marriage families when the Mormon church banned polygamy? Were they grandfathered in as okay or did they have to find new husbands?

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Would the Crusades have been possible absent the recapture of Crete and Cyprus by the Byzantines in 961/962 CE?

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Why isn't Labrador as least as developed as Alaska? It's actually further south than most of it.

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What religion and/or gods would have predominated on the Palestinian coast (e.g. Gaza, Tyre, Sidon, etc...) at the time of Christ?

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Why are there so many more large cities on the west coast of Lake Michigan as compared to the east coast of the lake?	60
What percentage of the population of the Roman Empire would have been Jewish during the life of the Apostle Paul?	58
What processes or historical events contributed to the displacement or marginalization of Indo-European speaking tribes on the Central Asian steppes (Sogdians, Tocharians, etc...) and their replacement with Turkic speaking peoples.	52
What language would have been dominant in Babylonia at at the time of the "Babylonian Captivity" of the elites of Judah in the 6th century BCE?	34
Conan is the most famous fictional Cimmerian. Who is the most famous non-fictional Cimmerian and why?	32
What was the largest pre-gunpowder siege in history?	31
What happened to the excess wives in plural marriage families when the Mormon church banned polygamy? Were they grandfathered in as okay or did they have to find new husbands?	31
Would the Crusades have been possible absent the recapture of Crete and Cyprus by the Byzantines in 961/962 CE?	31
Why isn't Labrador as least as developed as Alaska? It's actually further south than most of it.	29
What religion and/or gods would have predominated on the Palestinian coast (e.g. Gaza, Tyre, Sidon, etc...) at the time of Christ?	28