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What caused the split between the Armenian and the Orthodox church in 451?	17
"The kings of the Assyrians and even after them those of the Medes showed themselves in public as seldom as possible in order to set up a doubt in the minds of the rabble as to whether they were not in some way more than man" claims Étienne de La Boétie. Where did he get the information?	16
Why did the 18th century European translations of East Asian and Indian wisdom books bowdlerize it all into a crude monotheism? It's not as surprising (to a modern reader) that early Arab scholars had to"convert" Aristotle and Plato but why would this still be done in Enlightenment Era Europe?	15
What is the consensus of historians on pre-Iron Age figures in the Hebrew Bible, such as Abraham?	15
Are there areas in history in which non-Western universities, publications and scholars are discussed or regarded as authorities?	10
The Hungarian Bolsheviks of 1919 it seems have come to power with the promise to fight a nationalist war against romania. This sounds bizarre! How did they justify it? And how did the nationalists justify toppling them while they were engaged in this war?	9
At what point have the ancient Celt been identified with mustached men in tartan capes and torcs around their necks? Is that idea accurate?	9
Is there a reason why it was South Central Europe where poetry (Minnesang and Troubadours) flourished in the XI^th - XIII^th centuries?	6
In Rome you had two consuls at a time to control each other for corruption. Has it ever been proposed to introduce a system of that sort for the United States?	6
1806-1812: Was it actually the lack of coffee and sugar (continental blockade) that made the Germans rise up against Napoleon?	6

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