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In early middle ages (c. 7th-10th c.) west Europe, how is a homicide or grave crimes likely to be punished? Why?

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Was the US at any moment during the Cold War close to withdrawing its support for Korean government?

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Galileo and Bellarmine: Who was more "scientific" in their treatment to scientific truth?

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Islam encouraged its believers to read/recite Koran. Did this stimulate Christians into reading the Bible more (c. 7-9 century)?

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To what extent can religious dissenters (Pilgrims, Russian "Old Believers", Amish, etc.) be seen as politically running away from modernity and its accompanied increasing social and political control?

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Did the Catholic Church at any moment fear that the faith was spreading so fast, heresy might grow out of control?

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During early modern period (c. 16th-18th century), were there any muslim physician serving the European royalty, or European Christian physician serving muslim monarchs?

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How much of the "Greek was free, Persia was autocratic" in the film "300" is busted by modern scholarship?

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Partition of India: Why was Bangladesh (East Pakistan) not given independence in the first place, and what role the the British play in the whole story?

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Henry VIII left Catholic Church to divorce and remarry. Did it then become legal under the Anglican Church to divorce and remarry? And did infertility become a valid reason to remarry?

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In early middle ages (c. 7th-10th c.) west Europe, how is a homicide or grave crimes likely to be punished? Why?	8
Was the US at any moment during the Cold War close to withdrawing its support for Korean government?	7
Galileo and Bellarmine: Who was more "scientific" in their treatment to scientific truth?	6
Islam encouraged its believers to read/recite Koran. Did this stimulate Christians into reading the Bible more (c. 7-9 century)?	6
To what extent can religious dissenters (Pilgrims, Russian "Old Believers", Amish, etc.) be seen as politically running away from modernity and its accompanied increasing social and political control?	6
Did the Catholic Church at any moment fear that the faith was spreading so fast, heresy might grow out of control?	5
During early modern period (c. 16th-18th century), were there any muslim physician serving the European royalty, or European Christian physician serving muslim monarchs?	5
How much of the "Greek was free, Persia was autocratic" in the film "300" is busted by modern scholarship?	5
Partition of India: Why was Bangladesh (East Pakistan) not given independence in the first place, and what role the the British play in the whole story?	5
Henry VIII left Catholic Church to divorce and remarry. Did it then become legal under the Anglican Church to divorce and remarry? And did infertility become a valid reason to remarry?	4