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Is there anything comparable to the abandonment of the southern Maya lowlands in Eurasia or Africa? That is, an almost total loss of urbanization and cultivation that persists even into the modern day?

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Why did Romans seek to claim Trojan ancestry?

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Question inspired by Game of Thrones - how effective would the phalanx be against a Western European army from the High Middle Ages?

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What made Protestantism different than earlier heresies that afflicted the Catholic Church? Why did it survive and flourish?

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How did Christian asceticism and monasticism develop? And what was the theological motivation behind them (and how did that develop)?

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I've seen posts claiming that the early history of Islamic was written during the Abbasid dynasty - over a hundred years after Muhammad. Is this completely true - is there no surviving native literature from the first century of Islam?

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Did Germanic and later Norse pagans have priestly class or specialized priests?

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Have any popular pieces of music from the Medieval, Renaissance or Early Modern eras been lost?

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How common were shieldmaidens in Viking raids?

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I've heard Kibbutzes had a problem where the communally raised children wouldn't marry each other because they'd been raised so closely together as children. Why wasn't this a problem for villages historically?

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Is there anything comparable to the abandonment of the southern Maya lowlands in Eurasia or Africa? That is, an almost total loss of urbanization and cultivation that persists even into the modern day?	8
Why did Romans seek to claim Trojan ancestry?	7
Question inspired by Game of Thrones - how effective would the phalanx be against a Western European army from the High Middle Ages?	7
What made Protestantism different than earlier heresies that afflicted the Catholic Church? Why did it survive and flourish?	7
How did Christian asceticism and monasticism develop? And what was the theological motivation behind them (and how did that develop)?	7
I've seen posts claiming that the early history of Islamic was written during the Abbasid dynasty - over a hundred years after Muhammad. Is this completely true - is there no surviving native literature from the first century of Islam?	7
Did Germanic and later Norse pagans have priestly class or specialized priests?	7
Have any popular pieces of music from the Medieval, Renaissance or Early Modern eras been lost?	7
How common were shieldmaidens in Viking raids?	7
I've heard Kibbutzes had a problem where the communally raised children wouldn't marry each other because they'd been raised so closely together as children. Why wasn't this a problem for villages historically?	7