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What were medieval Black Sea colonies like?

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The Byzantine Empire was big on 'Orientalizing', being closely connected to Persia and later the Islamic world, often moreso than to the West. Was there a difference between the "Greeks" and the "Anatolians" ethnically?

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What was the inside of a medieval (C. 11th-15th centuries) prison like?

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How 'developed' was pre-Christian Lithuania, in relation to its Christianized peers? What was its military like?

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The Anglo-Saxon-Jute theory presents issues. Celts call them almost exclusively as "Saxons", but Continental sources call them "Angles", and the Jutes are essentially unknown beyond Anglo-Saxon history. Is there any solid evidence for the idea of 3 distinct peoples migrating?

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Differences between different Norse cultures between the 8th and 11th centuries?

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Did the Byzantines filter what Europeans knew about the Middle East?

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What could've happened differently in Reconstruction? What could've fixed the problems it faced? Did the radical congress destroy hopes for betterment, or were they not radical enough?

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What was early medieval Italian fashion like?

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What level of cultural and material continuity existed in Sub-Roman and Early Medieval Italy?

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What were medieval Black Sea colonies like?	75
The Byzantine Empire was big on 'Orientalizing', being closely connected to Persia and later the Islamic world, often moreso than to the West. Was there a difference between the "Greeks" and the "Anatolians" ethnically?	22
What was the inside of a medieval (C. 11th-15th centuries) prison like?	18
How 'developed' was pre-Christian Lithuania, in relation to its Christianized peers? What was its military like?	11
The Anglo-Saxon-Jute theory presents issues. Celts call them almost exclusively as "Saxons", but Continental sources call them "Angles", and the Jutes are essentially unknown beyond Anglo-Saxon history. Is there any solid evidence for the idea of 3 distinct peoples migrating?	10
Differences between different Norse cultures between the 8th and 11th centuries?	6
Did the Byzantines filter what Europeans knew about the Middle East?	4
What could've happened differently in Reconstruction? What could've fixed the problems it faced? Did the radical congress destroy hopes for betterment, or were they not radical enough?	4
What was early medieval Italian fashion like?	3
What level of cultural and material continuity existed in Sub-Roman and Early Medieval Italy?	3