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Why did Qatar and Bahrain split from the original UAE?

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Why are flags of medieval Islamic empires often a plain single color?

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Why did the US side with Egypt during the Suez Crisis?

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Why were modern Arab army generally incompetent, whereas Arab army on the medieval ages were on par with European counterpart at minimum?

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How divided the Maghreb region (into Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya) were, historically?

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Why didn't Maronite Christians (in current Lebanon) convert to Islam during Islamic rules?

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Why didn't Ming dynasty invade and conquer nearby empires such as Japan, Korea or Vietnam?

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How did the four Sunni Islamic school of thoughts settle to the current geography? Could this change in the future?

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Which weapon used by Arabs was deemed the most "dangerous" by Israelis during successive Arab-Israeli conflicts?

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Was there any ideology similar to Zionism formed by non-European Jews?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did Qatar and Bahrain split from the original UAE?	589
Why are flags of medieval Islamic empires often a plain single color?	202
Why did the US side with Egypt during the Suez Crisis?	41
Why were modern Arab army generally incompetent, whereas Arab army on the medieval ages were on par with European counterpart at minimum?	31
How divided the Maghreb region (into Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya) were, historically?	23
Why didn't Maronite Christians (in current Lebanon) convert to Islam during Islamic rules?	23
Why didn't Ming dynasty invade and conquer nearby empires such as Japan, Korea or Vietnam?	21
How did the four Sunni Islamic school of thoughts settle to the current geography? Could this change in the future?	18
Which weapon used by Arabs was deemed the most "dangerous" by Israelis during successive Arab-Israeli conflicts?	17
Was there any ideology similar to Zionism formed by non-European Jews?	6