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How has only Lebanon's Christian population stayed a majority (even to this day if you include the diaspora) for so long, despite the Islamic conquests?

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What happened to the Palaiologos Dynasty/family after the Fall of Constantinople?

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If the Khazars were an empire predominantly made of people of Turkic origin, why are there so few Turkic people in the area they once occupied?

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How much truth is there to the idea that the association in Egypt of Coptic Christians with the Mongols is what led to increased persecution of Christians, and the rapid conversion of many of them to Islam in the the 14th century?

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What is the earliest timeline that the large scale colonization of the Americas could’ve happened, in terms of the economic and technological resources necessary?

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What exactly is the origin of Iranian leadership wanting to wipe Israel off the map, why do they specifically have such animosity towards Israel?

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At what point in history would you mark the turning point where Western Europe went from backwater to leapfrogging Eastern Mediterranean civilizations like the Rome/Byzantium/Egypt/Persia in development?

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If Nazi Germany managed to subdue the Soviets, would the US + UK and the rest of the allies have been able to defeat Germany with the help of nuclear bombings?

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Could it be argued that the rise of Islam indirectly led to the 1948 founding of Israel?

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How has only Lebanon's Christian population stayed a majority (even to this day if you include the diaspora) for so long, despite the Islamic conquests?	1
What happened to the Palaiologos Dynasty/family after the Fall of Constantinople?	1
If the Khazars were an empire predominantly made of people of Turkic origin, why are there so few Turkic people in the area they once occupied?	1
How much truth is there to the idea that the association in Egypt of Coptic Christians with the Mongols is what led to increased persecution of Christians, and the rapid conversion of many of them to Islam in the the 14th century?	1
What is the earliest timeline that the large scale colonization of the Americas could’ve happened, in terms of the economic and technological resources necessary?	1
What exactly is the origin of Iranian leadership wanting to wipe Israel off the map, why do they specifically have such animosity towards Israel?	1
At what point in history would you mark the turning point where Western Europe went from backwater to leapfrogging Eastern Mediterranean civilizations like the Rome/Byzantium/Egypt/Persia in development?	1
If Nazi Germany managed to subdue the Soviets, would the US + UK and the rest of the allies have been able to defeat Germany with the help of nuclear bombings?	1
Could it be argued that the rise of Islam indirectly led to the 1948 founding of Israel?	0