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In the "wild west" was there any recorded Muslims or mosques?

304 upvotes • bryant1997r

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Has the Quran really not been changed or had varying versions?

304 upvotes • lostduck86

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Paris was reportedly the largest city in Europe in the Middle Ages. In the 14th-15th century its population was 200,000, and higher than Constantinople. Why?

304 upvotes • bluerobot27

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Up until Norway split from Denmark in 1814 were Norwegians considered to be Danes? Was it just a region like Jutland or was there a percieved otherness to them?

304 upvotes • oOneenOo

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How would my grandmother have gotten home after Auschwitz?

304 upvotes • SophieTheCat

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How did Night of the Living Dead's undead creatures become the quintessential "zombie", given that they were different from prior descriptions and are never actually called zombies in the film?

304 upvotes • Idk_Very_Much

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How did the Latin language "die" if it was the primary language of the most powerful empire in the world and the "official" language of Catholicism?

304 upvotes • cornflake289

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Floating Feature: Ability and Disability in Your Field of Study

303 upvotes • jschooltiger

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What were some Old World cuisines like before the Columbian Exchange?

303 upvotes • veritate_valeo

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Why was Locke's "Life, Liberty and Property" replaced with "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" in the Declaration of Independence?

303 upvotes • [deleted]

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In the "wild west" was there any recorded Muslims or mosques?	304	bryant1997r
Has the Quran really not been changed or had varying versions?	304	lostduck86
Paris was reportedly the largest city in Europe in the Middle Ages. In the 14th-15th century its population was 200,000, and higher than Constantinople. Why?	304	bluerobot27
Up until Norway split from Denmark in 1814 were Norwegians considered to be Danes? Was it just a region like Jutland or was there a percieved otherness to them?	304	oOneenOo
How would my grandmother have gotten home after Auschwitz?	304	SophieTheCat
How did Night of the Living Dead's undead creatures become the quintessential "zombie", given that they were different from prior descriptions and are never actually called zombies in the film?	304	Idk_Very_Much
How did the Latin language "die" if it was the primary language of the most powerful empire in the world and the "official" language of Catholicism?	304	cornflake289
Floating Feature: Ability and Disability in Your Field of Study	303	jschooltiger
What were some Old World cuisines like before the Columbian Exchange?	303	veritate_valeo
Why was Locke's "Life, Liberty and Property" replaced with "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" in the Declaration of Independence?	303	[deleted]