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What are the main differences between the colonization styles of European colonial powers.

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Why did some Empires recruit soldiers from the Frontiers even though they're far less loyal than Locals from the Heartland and far more likely to break out and form their own empires?

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How did English replace Latin and Brythonic languages in what's now England, yet Frankish , Burgundian, and Gothic did not have the same effect on Gaul and Iberia?

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Why do Anatolians (other than Armenians and Kurds) call themselves "Turks" despite having little Turkic Admixture and that Turks did not Arrive en masse before 1071? Who don't they speak Greek instead of Turkish?

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[X-post from r/Japan] How is Gen. Douglas MacArthur seen in Japan?

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I'm a farmer living in Egypt, Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, or Iran in the High Middle ages and I want to increase my yields so that I could feed as many of my family well with the least amount of land possible and sell any surplus after paying my taxes, how could this be done?

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Why is Moldova and Romania separate? Was it a Soviet strategy or something else?

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How much in today's money did it cost to maintain a Roman legionnaire for a year in 100 AD?

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Why was there an apparent huge improvement in drawing in Europe between 1200 and 1500?

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What exactly did poor inhabitants of cities do before the Industrial revolution?

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What are the main differences between the colonization styles of European colonial powers.	448
Why did some Empires recruit soldiers from the Frontiers even though they're far less loyal than Locals from the Heartland and far more likely to break out and form their own empires?	231
How did English replace Latin and Brythonic languages in what's now England, yet Frankish , Burgundian, and Gothic did not have the same effect on Gaul and Iberia?	58
Why do Anatolians (other than Armenians and Kurds) call themselves "Turks" despite having little Turkic Admixture and that Turks did not Arrive en masse before 1071? Who don't they speak Greek instead of Turkish?	51
[X-post from r/Japan] How is Gen. Douglas MacArthur seen in Japan?	49
I'm a farmer living in Egypt, Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, or Iran in the High Middle ages and I want to increase my yields so that I could feed as many of my family well with the least amount of land possible and sell any surplus after paying my taxes, how could this be done?	44
Why is Moldova and Romania separate? Was it a Soviet strategy or something else?	42
How much in today's money did it cost to maintain a Roman legionnaire for a year in 100 AD?	36
Why was there an apparent huge improvement in drawing in Europe between 1200 and 1500?	17
What exactly did poor inhabitants of cities do before the Industrial revolution?	14