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How historically accurate is the movie the Kingdom of Heaven
[[File:KoHposter.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Kingdom of Heaven]] ...trical release did not meet expectations. The motion picture was something of a box-office flop and was not liked by the critics who complained that it f

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What Were the Impacts of the Maccabean Rebellion on the Ancient Near East
[[File: Antiochus_IV.jpg|300px|thumbnail|left|Bust of Antiochus IV, King of the Seleucid Empire (Ruled 175-164 BC)]]__NOTOC__ ...ertainly oppressive. Still, both the Jews and the Greeks had a fair amount of misunderstanding that exacerbated the situation. The Maccabean Rebellion wa

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How did timekeeping devices develop
...Increasingly, timekeeping was not just conducted by the select few by much of society. ...ater drained or filled in. Such devices were known to have existed in many of the earliest complex societies in Eurasia, including in Egypt, Mesopotamia,

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Was Dracula based on a real person
One of the greatest characters in all of horror fiction is Count Dracula. The character is very well-known worldwide ...s the possibility that Irish mythological figures inspired the development of the character.

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How Historically Accurate Is the Medici Season 2
...ntial Medici family members. He ruled and influenced Florence at the birth of the Renaissance. The period this season covers is between covered 1469-1478 ...ici by supporting the arts, with the series concentrating on his patronage of Sandro Botticelli. He is shown as having Florence's best interest in mind,

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The Federalist Papers - Number 19
The Insufficiency of the Present Confederation to Preserve the Union To the People of the State of New York:

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How did the United States open Japan to trade in 1853
..._by_the_American_Navy_admiral).png|thumbnail|left|300px|Japanese Woodprint of Commodore Perry and other US seamen]]__NOTOC__ ...American port on the Pacific, ensured that there would be a steady stream of maritime traffic between North America and Asia. Then, as American traders

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Landmark Legal Cases: Roe v. Wade (1973)
...ctive rulings, and appellee cross-appealed from the District Court's grant of declaratory relief to Roe and Hallford. ...when the case is properly before the Court on appeal from specific denial of injunctive relief and the arguments as to both injunctive and declaratory r

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Was Robinson Crusoe based on a real person
[[File:Robinson crusoe one.jpg|200px|thumb|left|A statue of Robinson Crusoe in Scotland]] ...terary works, many movies and there is even an island named after the hero of the great survival story.

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How did the Second Great Awakening change the United States
...ous leaders were deeply concerned by low church attendance; only about 10% of the white population went to church. ...but several preachers, including Charles Finney, spread a modified version of Hopkins' beliefs to the masses.

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What happened to the ark of the covenant
.... Christians and Muslims both revered the ark and regarded it as a symbol of God’s presence on earth. The object's location, which is sacred to the th ...le discusses some of the main theories concerning what happened to the ark of the covenant.

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What did the Open Door policy with China Accomplish
[[File:John Hay by John Singer Sargent.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px|Secretary of State John Hay (by John Singer Sargent)]] __NOTOC__ ...” became the official U.S. policy towards the Far East in the first half of the 20th century.

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How Did the Merovingian Dynasty Impact European History
[[File: Merovingian_dynasty.jpg|300px|thumbnail|left|Map Showing the Extent of the Merovingian Dynasty]]__NOTOC__ ...kingdoms for themselves from the corpse of the decaying Roman Empire. Most of these Germanic kingdoms were ephemeral, often collapsing just as quickly as

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How historically accurate is Martin Scorsese's movie Silence
...of love. It is based on a novel by Shūsaku Endō, which narrated the fate of Christian missionaries in Japan in the 17th century. ...itten by Jay Cocks, who consulted with the English translator of the works of Endō. <i>Silence</i> was a box office flop at the box-office and only rece

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How Did Writing Evolve in Ancient Egypt
[[File: NarmerPalette.jpg|300px|thumbnail|left|The Front and Back Sides of the Narmer Palette. The <i>Serekh</i> Is in the Top Middle above the King]] ...wed along a very gradual yet definite path, while in Egypt, the appearance of the first written texts was somewhat sudden.

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How Did the Vikings Convert to Christianity
[[File: Olav_Tryggvason_Trondheim.jpg|250px|thumbnail|left|State of Olav Tryggvason in Trondheim, Norway]]__NOTOC__ ...res were usually not very well protected yet they often held great amounts of gold and other treasures.

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What is the history of creation mythologies
...le:Pangu.jpg|thumb|left|Figure 1. Pangu was seen as creating the world out of an egg-shaped universe in which he was trapped in for 18,000 years. ]]__NOT ...assed on among different cultures. Creation myths also shape the worldview of different cultures and we see that they often are important in how societie

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How Did the Cumans Influence the Fourth Crusade
[[File: Cuman_warrior.jpg|300px|thumbnail|left|Modern Reenactors of Cuman Warriors]]__NOTOC__ ...8-1099) even called for the First Crusade (1095-1099) partly at the behest of the Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenos (ruled 1081-1118), whose lands wer

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How did the Burlingame-Seward Treaty of 1868 change the relationship between China and the United States
...the Burlingame-Seward Treaty in 1868 to expand upon the Treaty of Tianjin of 1858. The new treaty established some basic principles that aimed to ease i ...o gain access to profitable trading opportunities and foster the spread of Christianity in Asia, alongside the leading European nations, who also sought to gain in

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What Are the Origins of Medieval Kyiv
...ent_Rus.png|300px|thumbnail|left|Map Showing the Geographical Distribution of the Rus’ and Their Major Cities]]__NOTOC__ ...turies that would comprise the major states of the Middle Ages, the people of Eastern Europe also consolidated their cities in order to battle the Magyar

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