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When did the "Arab World" begin to form as a cultural identity?

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During the age of pike-and-shot warfare in Europe, what would the arquebusiers do once the battle lines were joined? Would they retreat into the pike formation, join in the melee or find some way to continue firing?

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Was there a significant communist movement in South Korea before the Korean War?

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Before the rise of war bonds in WWI, how did governments raise the funds to wage war?

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What technological innovations did the Soviet Union make during World War II?

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Did trade guilds and associations exist in pre-modern China? If yes, then how were they organised and what were their functions?

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What did businesses look like in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance?

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When US forces captured the Ogasawara Islands towards the end of WWII, did they find any resident who descended from the original English-speaking settler population or otherwise had non-Japanese ancestry?

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How did the invention of hangul affect the spread of the moveable type in Korea?

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In 1949, the Dutch government and Indonesian nationalist leaders negotiated the formation of the federated United States of Indonesia, which within a year was integrated into a unitary Republic. How did this decision come to be, and how did the transition process go?

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When did the "Arab World" begin to form as a cultural identity?	17
During the age of pike-and-shot warfare in Europe, what would the arquebusiers do once the battle lines were joined? Would they retreat into the pike formation, join in the melee or find some way to continue firing?	14
Was there a significant communist movement in South Korea before the Korean War?	9
Before the rise of war bonds in WWI, how did governments raise the funds to wage war?	6
What technological innovations did the Soviet Union make during World War II?	5
Did trade guilds and associations exist in pre-modern China? If yes, then how were they organised and what were their functions?	5
What did businesses look like in the Late Middle Ages and the Renaissance?	5
When US forces captured the Ogasawara Islands towards the end of WWII, did they find any resident who descended from the original English-speaking settler population or otherwise had non-Japanese ancestry?	3
How did the invention of hangul affect the spread of the moveable type in Korea?	3
In 1949, the Dutch government and Indonesian nationalist leaders negotiated the formation of the federated United States of Indonesia, which within a year was integrated into a unitary Republic. How did this decision come to be, and how did the transition process go?	2