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Was Ancient Egypt multiethnic or fairly homogeneous ethnically? And are modern Egyptians largely the same people but with lots of admixture?

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I read that Omar Bradley guarded a copper mine in Montana during WWI, how was there such a legitimate risk to American copper and other natural resources that a garrison was needed?

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How/why were the Umayyads allowed to set up a rival Caliphate in Iberia in clear opposition to the Abbasids and not invaded by them?

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Was there ever a Roman political camp that espoused integrating Carthage instead of destroying it, in stark opposition to Cato the Elder?

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Southern Italy and Sicily were heavily colonized and developed by Ancient Greeks. Have population, genealogical and genetic studies ever been done to try and figure out what percentage of the population of Italy is of Greek ancestry?

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I was reading that a fairly large group of Byzantine-resettled Slavs in Anatolia the late 7th century defected to the Umayyads and were eventually settled within Caliphate territory. Do we know what happened to these Slavs?

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Is the number of people quitting President Trump's cabinet at this point in his administration historically consistent with other Presidents' administrations?

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Did Romans use a specific title for the governor/mayor of a city?

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Are there still any distinct Spanish communities in the Philippines? Did the long Spanish presence lead to a lot of mixed race people in the Philippines that are still noticeable today?

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What happened to the ~5000 Ottoman troops that were captured after the Battle of Vienna (Sept. 12, 1683)? Also some other questions...

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Was Ancient Egypt multiethnic or fairly homogeneous ethnically? And are modern Egyptians largely the same people but with lots of admixture?	18
I read that Omar Bradley guarded a copper mine in Montana during WWI, how was there such a legitimate risk to American copper and other natural resources that a garrison was needed?	17
How/why were the Umayyads allowed to set up a rival Caliphate in Iberia in clear opposition to the Abbasids and not invaded by them?	16
Was there ever a Roman political camp that espoused integrating Carthage instead of destroying it, in stark opposition to Cato the Elder?	16
Southern Italy and Sicily were heavily colonized and developed by Ancient Greeks. Have population, genealogical and genetic studies ever been done to try and figure out what percentage of the population of Italy is of Greek ancestry?	16
I was reading that a fairly large group of Byzantine-resettled Slavs in Anatolia the late 7th century defected to the Umayyads and were eventually settled within Caliphate territory. Do we know what happened to these Slavs?	15
Is the number of people quitting President Trump's cabinet at this point in his administration historically consistent with other Presidents' administrations?	15
Did Romans use a specific title for the governor/mayor of a city?	13
Are there still any distinct Spanish communities in the Philippines? Did the long Spanish presence lead to a lot of mixed race people in the Philippines that are still noticeable today?	13
What happened to the ~5000 Ottoman troops that were captured after the Battle of Vienna (Sept. 12, 1683)? Also some other questions...	12