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I am a young Byzantine nobleman in the 10th or 11th century and I have gotten the privilege of learning my nation's history. Whose history will I learn?

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Why are the Balkans a home for so many different ethnic groups?

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The Islamic scholar Abu Yusuf wrote that among other groups "the sick and the insane" were exempt from paying jizya tax. Is this true? If so, how were "sick" and "insane" defined?

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How would succession work if an heirless medieval king were to die while his wife was still pregnant?

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What happened to the Christian communities in Sudan and North Africa?

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How were the early Muslim Caliphates administered?

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Were constant changes in the flag a major issue in the 19th century United States?

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Following World War 1 some Assyrian nationalists requested the Entente to give them an independent state that largely overlapped with the proposed Kurdish state. Was there any chance that the Entente would create any Assyro-Chaldean state? What did the general public in the West think about this?

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In Europa Universalis 4 among other titles it is possible to trap armies in islands by blockading them navally. Did anything like this ever happen in history? Would it have been theorethically possible?

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In the past, was it more common for people to "time" pregnancies so that the child would not be born in the winter? How about with other seasons in different climates?

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I am a young Byzantine nobleman in the 10th or 11th century and I have gotten the privilege of learning my nation's history. Whose history will I learn?	374
Why are the Balkans a home for so many different ethnic groups?	62
The Islamic scholar Abu Yusuf wrote that among other groups "the sick and the insane" were exempt from paying jizya tax. Is this true? If so, how were "sick" and "insane" defined?	42
How would succession work if an heirless medieval king were to die while his wife was still pregnant?	21
What happened to the Christian communities in Sudan and North Africa?	20
How were the early Muslim Caliphates administered?	17
Were constant changes in the flag a major issue in the 19th century United States?	11
Following World War 1 some Assyrian nationalists requested the Entente to give them an independent state that largely overlapped with the proposed Kurdish state. Was there any chance that the Entente would create any Assyro-Chaldean state? What did the general public in the West think about this?	5
In Europa Universalis 4 among other titles it is possible to trap armies in islands by blockading them navally. Did anything like this ever happen in history? Would it have been theorethically possible?	3
In the past, was it more common for people to "time" pregnancies so that the child would not be born in the winter? How about with other seasons in different climates?	1