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How did the 'Gothic' go from referring to an ethnicity to a description of overtly nihilist teenagers?

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Why didn't Islam spread to the new world?

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Did the Norse colonies of Greenland make contact with any Inuit tribes? If so were there any records of interaction? Conflict? Trade?

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Around 1000 CE the Byzantine Empire reclaimed Israel-Palestine for a brief period of time (according to a Wikipedia graph); is this true? And if so, what is the story/context behind it?

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What is the most comprehensive work about the druids?

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If mulattos were people of mixed Spanish and Native heritage and mestizos were people of mixed Spanish and African heritage, what were people of mixed African and Native heritage called?

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What other protests were similar to the Ukrainian Euromaidan protests of 2014?

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How did Native American communities react to the arrival of European pestilence?

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What's the cultural basis in Ancient Greek culture of modern astrological personality traits?

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Were there ever/are any hedonistic Sufi sects?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did the 'Gothic' go from referring to an ethnicity to a description of overtly nihilist teenagers?	483
Why didn't Islam spread to the new world?	80
Did the Norse colonies of Greenland make contact with any Inuit tribes? If so were there any records of interaction? Conflict? Trade?	73
Around 1000 CE the Byzantine Empire reclaimed Israel-Palestine for a brief period of time (according to a Wikipedia graph); is this true? And if so, what is the story/context behind it?	14
What is the most comprehensive work about the druids?	11
If mulattos were people of mixed Spanish and Native heritage and mestizos were people of mixed Spanish and African heritage, what were people of mixed African and Native heritage called?	9
What other protests were similar to the Ukrainian Euromaidan protests of 2014?	3
How did Native American communities react to the arrival of European pestilence?	2
What's the cultural basis in Ancient Greek culture of modern astrological personality traits?	2
Were there ever/are any hedonistic Sufi sects?	2