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Did Hindu Gods like Shiva or Vishnu exist in some form in the IVC or Dravidian peoples before the IndoEuropean migrations or were they later developments following the arrival of IndoEuropeans onto the subcontinent?

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If at all, how much of America's national identity and I guess the national experience openly emphasized white supremacy in the 19th and early 20th Century?

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How much of an issue was violent sectarianism between Sunnis and Shiites in a pre-Saddam Iraq?

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Did any political or regional identity from the Three Kingdoms of Shu/Wu/Wei endure into the Jin Dynasty and the Northern Southern Dynasties?

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Why did it take until 1997 (150 years later) for a British PM to acknowledge some culpability on their part for contributing to the Great Irish Potato Famine?

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Where did the 12 animals on the Chinese Zodiac come from and how was the eventual order determined?

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Why was the international community (and individual countries) in the early and mid 20th century more accepting of population displacement either as a policy tool or as a consequence of various policies?

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In Roman Republic, were there campaign managers and political operatives for elections?

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What caused the population of Ireland to drop so much throughout the post-Famine period and into the early 20th Century?

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Did the Japanese Empire during WWII leave mass graves of their victims like Nazi Germany?

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Did Hindu Gods like Shiva or Vishnu exist in some form in the IVC or Dravidian peoples before the IndoEuropean migrations or were they later developments following the arrival of IndoEuropeans onto the subcontinent?	4
If at all, how much of America's national identity and I guess the national experience openly emphasized white supremacy in the 19th and early 20th Century?	4
How much of an issue was violent sectarianism between Sunnis and Shiites in a pre-Saddam Iraq?	3
Did any political or regional identity from the Three Kingdoms of Shu/Wu/Wei endure into the Jin Dynasty and the Northern Southern Dynasties?	3
Why did it take until 1997 (150 years later) for a British PM to acknowledge some culpability on their part for contributing to the Great Irish Potato Famine?	3
Where did the 12 animals on the Chinese Zodiac come from and how was the eventual order determined?	3
Why was the international community (and individual countries) in the early and mid 20th century more accepting of population displacement either as a policy tool or as a consequence of various policies?	3
In Roman Republic, were there campaign managers and political operatives for elections?	3
What caused the population of Ireland to drop so much throughout the post-Famine period and into the early 20th Century?	2
Did the Japanese Empire during WWII leave mass graves of their victims like Nazi Germany?	2