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Given Slavery had fallen out of Favour in much of Europe through the middle ages, how did the Iberians and then the rest of the Colonial powers justify slavery.

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Why did the Avar identity vanish but not the Bulgar identity

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The Vedas are used to re-construct early Indian history but I personally haven't seen similarly done with the Avestas and related texts for Early Iranian history. Is there an reason for that and how can that be fixed?

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Why and How was Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan Turkified

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Is there any basis or even credibility to the Shenzi Empire

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What evidences do we have of Polynesians in the Americas and what effects did they have.

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Were the metalsmiths and other craftsmen of Nomadic cultures like the Sythians settled in towns, part of specialized Nomadic bands or specialist within large groups/clans/bands (or whatever the right terminology is)

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Why is there such enmity between Eritrea and Ethiopia

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When and how did the Language of Constantinople go from Latin to Greek

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By the 850s, there was a large population of African slaves in Iraq called the Zanj. How did they get there.

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Given Slavery had fallen out of Favour in much of Europe through the middle ages, how did the Iberians and then the rest of the Colonial powers justify slavery.	25
Why did the Avar identity vanish but not the Bulgar identity	24
The Vedas are used to re-construct early Indian history but I personally haven't seen similarly done with the Avestas and related texts for Early Iranian history. Is there an reason for that and how can that be fixed?	23
Why and How was Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan Turkified	21
Is there any basis or even credibility to the Shenzi Empire	20
What evidences do we have of Polynesians in the Americas and what effects did they have.	18
Were the metalsmiths and other craftsmen of Nomadic cultures like the Sythians settled in towns, part of specialized Nomadic bands or specialist within large groups/clans/bands (or whatever the right terminology is)	16
Why is there such enmity between Eritrea and Ethiopia	15
When and how did the Language of Constantinople go from Latin to Greek	13
By the 850s, there was a large population of African slaves in Iraq called the Zanj. How did they get there.	10