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Do we have records of people experiencing/being observed with the symptoms now diagnosed as autism in the peasant/working classes of Early Modern Europe? If so, what was their experience like?

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John Darwin's "After Tamerlane" asserts that Napoleon negotiated terms for a mass conversion of the French Army to Islam during his invasion of Egypt, but negotiations failed due to the stipulation of circumcision. Did these negotiations really happen, and how serious were they?

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I've seen the claim that, during the Medieval and Early Modern eras, gold and silver predominantly flowed eastward from Europe to China. Why did China have such a high demand for precious metals, and why were Western merchants so willing to part with them?

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Liechtenstein was a member of the Holy Roman Empire, the Confederation of the Rhine, and the German Confederation, yet did not join the German Empire after the Franco-Prussian War with other south German states. Why?

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Wikipedia on Ibn Khaldun has a short claim about him joining a subversive society called "Rijal Hawa Rijal". Searching for further (English) references only seems to turn up many exact quotations of this sentence. Can anyone provide insight to this group, and did Khaldun have a "subsersive" side?

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The Ottoman Empire is often associated with Rome; the Safavid Empire, with Persia - the two empires which were Islam's primary enemies in the 7th century. Was there any contemporary reaction to this coincidence, by Islamic or Christian scholars, in the 16th century?

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Do we have records of people experiencing/being observed with the symptoms now diagnosed as autism in the peasant/working classes of Early Modern Europe? If so, what was their experience like?	176
John Darwin's "After Tamerlane" asserts that Napoleon negotiated terms for a mass conversion of the French Army to Islam during his invasion of Egypt, but negotiations failed due to the stipulation of circumcision. Did these negotiations really happen, and how serious were they?	24
I've seen the claim that, during the Medieval and Early Modern eras, gold and silver predominantly flowed eastward from Europe to China. Why did China have such a high demand for precious metals, and why were Western merchants so willing to part with them?	14
Liechtenstein was a member of the Holy Roman Empire, the Confederation of the Rhine, and the German Confederation, yet did not join the German Empire after the Franco-Prussian War with other south German states. Why?	10
Wikipedia on Ibn Khaldun has a short claim about him joining a subversive society called "Rijal Hawa Rijal". Searching for further (English) references only seems to turn up many exact quotations of this sentence. Can anyone provide insight to this group, and did Khaldun have a "subsersive" side?	5
The Ottoman Empire is often associated with Rome; the Safavid Empire, with Persia - the two empires which were Islam's primary enemies in the 7th century. Was there any contemporary reaction to this coincidence, by Islamic or Christian scholars, in the 16th century?	2