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Was Mithraism a rival to early Christianity? What happened to it?

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In popular history, the voyages of discovery to Africa and the Americas are often explained by the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, claiming that this cut off trade. But before 1453, this same trade was still controlled by Muslim powers. Did the Ottoman conquests change Mediterranean trade?

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Why were the Normans so successful?

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How did 18th Century armies decide what color their uniforms were?

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Why were both Taiping and Qing armies so extraordinarily violent to POWs and civilians?

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What would a noble in medieval Europe do all day?

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Why is there such a massive difference between the number of men fighting in Classical and Medieval battles?

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Why did people during the Great Leap Forward follow instructions to kill sparrows?

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Why did the Greek city-states and Italian merchant republics have a sense of civic "nationalism", while other comparative cities did not?

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Why did so many recent Chinese immigrants to America come from Fujian?

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Was Mithraism a rival to early Christianity? What happened to it?	413
In popular history, the voyages of discovery to Africa and the Americas are often explained by the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, claiming that this cut off trade. But before 1453, this same trade was still controlled by Muslim powers. Did the Ottoman conquests change Mediterranean trade?	126
Why were the Normans so successful?	75
How did 18th Century armies decide what color their uniforms were?	68
Why were both Taiping and Qing armies so extraordinarily violent to POWs and civilians?	55
What would a noble in medieval Europe do all day?	55
Why is there such a massive difference between the number of men fighting in Classical and Medieval battles?	51
Why did people during the Great Leap Forward follow instructions to kill sparrows?	48
Why did the Greek city-states and Italian merchant republics have a sense of civic "nationalism", while other comparative cities did not?	46
Why did so many recent Chinese immigrants to America come from Fujian?	44