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Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (known to critics as as the "mad Caliph" or "Nero of Islam") is said to have disappeared mysteriously, leaving only a donkey and bloodstained clothes behind. Is there a consensus among historians as to what caused his disappearance?	157
Our earliest written sources on Boudica are from the Roman writers Tactius (writing over 30 years after the revolt) and Cassius Dio (writing over a century later). How confident are we that Boudica really existed?	65
Jerome claimed that Philip the Arab was the first Roman Emperor to be a Christian. What is the opinion of modern historians on this claim?	31
Seymour Hersh has claimed that during the 1980's, Israel placed nuclear land mines in the Golan Heights. What is the consensus of historians on this issue?	31
In the 1980's-1990's, how prevalent were concerns about a future US-Japan war?	25
The US government claimed prior the the Gulf War that Iraqi forces were massing at the border with Saudi Arabia. Is there a consensus among historians as to whether this claim is correct or false?	16
The Book of Mormon famously depicts Jesus appearing in the Americas after the Resurrection. Did any previous Christian writers speculate on or write a story regarding Jesus appearing in the Americas, or is this the first recorded instance of this idea?	14
In the lead-up to the establishment of Israel in 1948 were there any proposals for the Jewish state to be a monarchy like in the Hebrew Bible?	12
In the lead up to the Israeli Declaration of Independence, was there a consensus that the new Jewish state should be called Israel? Or were there additional names that were suggested?	9
Has there ever been a serious proposal to admit countries outside of Europe or North America into NATO?	9

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