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Sweden colonized part of New Jersey in the 1600s. What happened to this colony, and why didn't Sweden colonize more of the Americas?

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What led to speakers of the many Indo-European languages becoming so widespread?

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An English nobleman in 1200 has been defrauded of a large sum of money by an unscrupulous merchant. What consequences await this merchant if the fraud can be proven? Alternatively, if we flip the script and the nobleman commits the fraud, will the nobleman face any significant consequences?

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Why didn't Ireland unify into a properly centralized kingdom in the middle ages?

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I'm a lower class person living in London circa 1200, and a noble approaches me with questions for some baffling reason. How am I expected to greet this person, and how am I expected to talk to them?

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When Ardashir I overthrew the Parthians and established the Sassanian dynasty, was this a total reconstruction of the Persian Empire, or was Ardashir’s takeover a continuation of the Parthian Empire under a different family?

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Why is eating grapes associated with decadence and excess?

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Why didn't the Anglo-Saxons assimilate into the local Brittonic speaking population of Britain?

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Why Lesotho?

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Why did the Turks settle in Anatolia?

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Sweden colonized part of New Jersey in the 1600s. What happened to this colony, and why didn't Sweden colonize more of the Americas?	67
What led to speakers of the many Indo-European languages becoming so widespread?	31
An English nobleman in 1200 has been defrauded of a large sum of money by an unscrupulous merchant. What consequences await this merchant if the fraud can be proven? Alternatively, if we flip the script and the nobleman commits the fraud, will the nobleman face any significant consequences?	28
Why didn't Ireland unify into a properly centralized kingdom in the middle ages?	18
I'm a lower class person living in London circa 1200, and a noble approaches me with questions for some baffling reason. How am I expected to greet this person, and how am I expected to talk to them?	16
When Ardashir I overthrew the Parthians and established the Sassanian dynasty, was this a total reconstruction of the Persian Empire, or was Ardashir’s takeover a continuation of the Parthian Empire under a different family?	16
Why is eating grapes associated with decadence and excess?	15
Why didn't the Anglo-Saxons assimilate into the local Brittonic speaking population of Britain?	13
Why Lesotho?	11
Why did the Turks settle in Anatolia?	9