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How was the Epic of Gilgamesh so well preserved?

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Why was North Africa more Arabized than other regions conquered by the early caliphates?

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Why is the Spanish expulsion of Jews and Muslims after the reconquista far better known than the other religious/ethnic expulsions by medieval European governments?

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When did Alans and Alania start being referred to as Ossetians and Ossetia, and why?

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Why is Italy seemingly the only country that doesn’t claim to be the successor of Rome in some way?

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Why didn’t interwar Yugoslavia immediately fall apart like it did post-Cold War?

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Did the average European peasant in the Middle Ages know or care what year it was?

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Why did Hungary become far more irredentist than Austria after World War I?

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Why did the importance and centrality of the city of Rome decline during the later years of the Roman Empire and shift east to Constantinople?

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Why was the US never anywhere near as anti-Semitic as all of Europe even though its original population was mostly Christian fundamentalists from Europe?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How was the Epic of Gilgamesh so well preserved?	222
Why was North Africa more Arabized than other regions conquered by the early caliphates?	27
Why is the Spanish expulsion of Jews and Muslims after the reconquista far better known than the other religious/ethnic expulsions by medieval European governments?	27
When did Alans and Alania start being referred to as Ossetians and Ossetia, and why?	17
Why is Italy seemingly the only country that doesn’t claim to be the successor of Rome in some way?	11
Why didn’t interwar Yugoslavia immediately fall apart like it did post-Cold War?	9
Did the average European peasant in the Middle Ages know or care what year it was?	6
Why did Hungary become far more irredentist than Austria after World War I?	4
Why did the importance and centrality of the city of Rome decline during the later years of the Roman Empire and shift east to Constantinople?	1
Why was the US never anywhere near as anti-Semitic as all of Europe even though its original population was mostly Christian fundamentalists from Europe?	1