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Why was a Palestinian state not established in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War? This exact question was asked a nearly month ago, but all responses to the original post were evidently deemed inadequate & removed. Can a qualified historian please attempt to answer this question?

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Thanks to a recent post, I just learned that Catharism is apparently a subject of immense controversy and debate among medieval historians. Naturally, I wondered: are there similar disputes among historians of other periods as well? If so, what are these about and why are they so contentious?

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To what degree, if any, did Roman provinces vary in their relative costs of living? For instance, was living in Gaul any more or less expensive than living in North Africa or Anatolia? How do we know?

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In the late 1920s the nascent Republic of Turkey officially changed the name of its largest and most historically significant city, Constantinople, to its more colloquial moniker, Istanbul. What was the intended purpose of this decision? Was the change politically motivated?

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Greeks once had a strong presence in the region of modern-day Turkey for thousands of years, and even as late as 1914 their population was estimated at nearly 2 million. Presently, however, potentially as few as only 3,000 Greeks remain in all of Turkey today. What happened?

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Is there any evidence—archaeological or otherwise—that the legendary heroes of Greek mythology were originally inspired by historical figures?

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Why was a Palestinian state not established in the aftermath of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War? This exact question was asked a nearly month ago, but all responses to the original post were evidently deemed inadequate & removed. Can a qualified historian please attempt to answer this question?	192
Thanks to a recent post, I just learned that Catharism is apparently a subject of immense controversy and debate among medieval historians. Naturally, I wondered: are there similar disputes among historians of other periods as well? If so, what are these about and why are they so contentious?	155
To what degree, if any, did Roman provinces vary in their relative costs of living? For instance, was living in Gaul any more or less expensive than living in North Africa or Anatolia? How do we know?	56
In the late 1920s the nascent Republic of Turkey officially changed the name of its largest and most historically significant city, Constantinople, to its more colloquial moniker, Istanbul. What was the intended purpose of this decision? Was the change politically motivated?	47
Greeks once had a strong presence in the region of modern-day Turkey for thousands of years, and even as late as 1914 their population was estimated at nearly 2 million. Presently, however, potentially as few as only 3,000 Greeks remain in all of Turkey today. What happened?	38
Is there any evidence—archaeological or otherwise—that the legendary heroes of Greek mythology were originally inspired by historical figures?	7