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Did ancient civilizations know about extinct megafauna, like woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers?

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Were there any empires in prehistorical times?

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Why was New Guinea not colonized by Austronesians the way Indonesia was?

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What infectious diseases were Native Americans exposed to before Columbus?

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Has Eastern Europe always been poorer than Western Europe, and if so, why?

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Between 3000 BCE and 500 CE, the Bantu migrations occurred, with the agriculturalist and Iron Age Bantu culture spreading across most of sub-Saharan Africa. Were any civilizations to the north (e.g. Ethiopia, Nubia, Egypt, Rome, etc) aware of these huge migrations? What did they think of it?

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Why is southern Europe poorer than northern Europe today, even though southern Europe was far richer during Classical Antiquity and the Renaissance (e.g. Roman Empire, Kingdom of Spain, etc)? Inside southern European countries, why are southern regions consistently the poorest (e.g. southern Italy)?

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Did ancient civilizations know about extinct megafauna, like woolly mammoths and saber-toothed tigers?	16
Were there any empires in prehistorical times?	6
Why was New Guinea not colonized by Austronesians the way Indonesia was?	6
What infectious diseases were Native Americans exposed to before Columbus?	4
Has Eastern Europe always been poorer than Western Europe, and if so, why?	4
Between 3000 BCE and 500 CE, the Bantu migrations occurred, with the agriculturalist and Iron Age Bantu culture spreading across most of sub-Saharan Africa. Were any civilizations to the north (e.g. Ethiopia, Nubia, Egypt, Rome, etc) aware of these huge migrations? What did they think of it?	3
Why is southern Europe poorer than northern Europe today, even though southern Europe was far richer during Classical Antiquity and the Renaissance (e.g. Roman Empire, Kingdom of Spain, etc)? Inside southern European countries, why are southern regions consistently the poorest (e.g. southern Italy)?	1