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Why didn't ancient Egypt, with it's vast scientific knowhow and political centralization, ever colonize the Mediterranean?

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How "connected" was northern Europe to the Byzantine empire in the 1000's?

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Norse mythology has very few sources, and none that are ‘great’. Is the entire media and music perception of Vikings all an echo chamber?

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How "English" (saxon) or Danish was eastern Mercia (the five boroughs) during the period of 1030-1080? Mercia had Saxon Christian Earls, but the area must undoubtedly have been heavily danish, especially in the boroughs. I am trying to understand the cultural geography of Mercia in this time period

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Help me understand the cultural melding of English aristocracy between 1000 and 1066: How Saxon vs how Danish was Godwin / Godwinson and the "English" nobility that fought against Hardrada at Stamford Bridge / Normans at Hastings?

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In Agrarian societies during the "Middle Ages" (~1066-late 1400s), what did farmers do during winter?

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If people have been distilling spirits for the last thousand years, why did this concept never appear on ships for desalinization? Did they simply not make the mental jump?

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[history student] Good books on the first crusade?

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Looking for a book recommendation on medieval / late antiquity sieges: what they were like from a military, cultural, engineering—“everything” perspective.

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Hollywood usually depicts European Crusaders in the Middle East as naive to the realities of fighting in the region's geography and climate. Did Crusaders have any advantages over Arab armies?

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Why didn't ancient Egypt, with it's vast scientific knowhow and political centralization, ever colonize the Mediterranean?	185
How "connected" was northern Europe to the Byzantine empire in the 1000's?	50
Norse mythology has very few sources, and none that are ‘great’. Is the entire media and music perception of Vikings all an echo chamber?	47
How "English" (saxon) or Danish was eastern Mercia (the five boroughs) during the period of 1030-1080? Mercia had Saxon Christian Earls, but the area must undoubtedly have been heavily danish, especially in the boroughs. I am trying to understand the cultural geography of Mercia in this time period	28
Help me understand the cultural melding of English aristocracy between 1000 and 1066: How Saxon vs how Danish was Godwin / Godwinson and the "English" nobility that fought against Hardrada at Stamford Bridge / Normans at Hastings?	27
In Agrarian societies during the "Middle Ages" (~1066-late 1400s), what did farmers do during winter?	26
If people have been distilling spirits for the last thousand years, why did this concept never appear on ships for desalinization? Did they simply not make the mental jump?	20
[history student] Good books on the first crusade?	17
Looking for a book recommendation on medieval / late antiquity sieges: what they were like from a military, cultural, engineering—“everything” perspective.	16
Hollywood usually depicts European Crusaders in the Middle East as naive to the realities of fighting in the region's geography and climate. Did Crusaders have any advantages over Arab armies?	14