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Why did epidemic disease spread only from Europe to America and not both ways in the Columbian Exchange? [duplicate]

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What is this metal box for, and where is it from?

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What is the earliest reference to playing chess with Death?

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Factcheck: Did Australia request 200.000 17 year old girls from Germany in 1946?

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What secular causes lead to the development of the Greek concept of Xenia?

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Which text asserts that "An assembly with no minority/opposition should be dissolved"?

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Why did Subhas Chandra Bose lay the foundation of the Forward Bloc within the Indian National Congress, and not outside it?

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What kind of sword is this?

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What was the impact of the Index of Prohibited books by the Catholic church? [closed]

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When did the Orthodox Church ban cousin marriage?


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