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Was there a sizeable community of Arab Christians in Islamic Iberia? Maybe Levantine or Egyptian Christians that migrated there?

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Why did the Muslims take Iberia so easily but not France?

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In the opening sequence to the HBO show Rome we see people placing and removing scrolls from numbered square slots in a wall. What is this wall? What was it’s significance?

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Did any Punic cities get peaceably absorbed into Rome after the Punic Wars? If so, did a Romanized-Punic culture develop in said cities?

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Who are the most direct descendants of the ancient Sogdians today?

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I’ve heard a few times before that one of the reasons that Christianity grew so much at the expense of Greco-Roman paganism is that it offered a more satisfying afterlife. Was there an attempt to make the pagan afterlife more attractive in light of this?

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I've always heard it said that they just "arbitrarily drew lines on the map" in the Sykes-Picot Agreement irrespective of all considerations...could that not have been a part of the design?

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What non-Horde/non-Steppe cultures had the best and most consistent military success against the Mongols in their prime and why? I know of the Japanese but are there others?

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How credible are the claims of descent through Antiquity of Charlemagne being a descendant of Saint Arnulf of Metz, who in turn is supposed to be descended from the Roman aristocrat Flavius Afranius Syagrius?

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I’m a Medieval European King and a town of middling size has been pestering me about receiving a charter and rights to be a commune. What’s in it for me though?

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Was there a sizeable community of Arab Christians in Islamic Iberia? Maybe Levantine or Egyptian Christians that migrated there?	37	AskHistorians
Why did the Muslims take Iberia so easily but not France?	36	AskHistorians
In the opening sequence to the HBO show Rome we see people placing and removing scrolls from numbered square slots in a wall. What is this wall? What was it’s significance?	36	AskHistorians
Did any Punic cities get peaceably absorbed into Rome after the Punic Wars? If so, did a Romanized-Punic culture develop in said cities?	34	AskHistorians
Who are the most direct descendants of the ancient Sogdians today?	33	AskHistorians
I’ve heard a few times before that one of the reasons that Christianity grew so much at the expense of Greco-Roman paganism is that it offered a more satisfying afterlife. Was there an attempt to make the pagan afterlife more attractive in light of this?	32	AskHistorians
I've always heard it said that they just "arbitrarily drew lines on the map" in the Sykes-Picot Agreement irrespective of all considerations...could that not have been a part of the design?	31	AskHistorians
What non-Horde/non-Steppe cultures had the best and most consistent military success against the Mongols in their prime and why? I know of the Japanese but are there others?	29	AskHistorians
How credible are the claims of descent through Antiquity of Charlemagne being a descendant of Saint Arnulf of Metz, who in turn is supposed to be descended from the Roman aristocrat Flavius Afranius Syagrius?	29	AskHistorians
I’m a Medieval European King and a town of middling size has been pestering me about receiving a charter and rights to be a commune. What’s in it for me though?	28	AskHistorians