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Why did the population of some Balkan countries like Bosnia and Albania convert to Islam while under Ottoman occupation, while countries like Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia stayed Christian?

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The population of most Northern Europe counties (Scandinavia, northern Germany, The U.K.) converted to Protestantism. However, Ireland remained Catholic. Why did Ireland remain catholic and not convert?

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How common were interfaith marriages in the Middle Ages? Were they even legal?

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How did Byzantine soldiers and crusaders counter the horse archers often used by the Turks?

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Medieval Hungary was a large and powerful nation, yet the Hungary of today is a rather small and, for lack of a better term, weak. How did such a mighty nation become so small and inconsequential?

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Who inhabited Eastern Europe and the Balkans before the arrival of the Slavs?

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How did the Nazis view the Japanese? Were they considered Sub Human?

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Muslims occupied Spain for hundreds of years, Did the invading Muslims leave a genetic impact on Spanish and Portuguese people?

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Why were central American Indians more advanced than the Indians who inhabited what would become the United States?

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Would WW2 have happened without Hitler? Was a second global war inevitable? Would Germany become a fascist state even without Hitler?

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Why did the population of some Balkan countries like Bosnia and Albania convert to Islam while under Ottoman occupation, while countries like Greece, Bulgaria, and Serbia stayed Christian?	553
The population of most Northern Europe counties (Scandinavia, northern Germany, The U.K.) converted to Protestantism. However, Ireland remained Catholic. Why did Ireland remain catholic and not convert?	134
How common were interfaith marriages in the Middle Ages? Were they even legal?	117
How did Byzantine soldiers and crusaders counter the horse archers often used by the Turks?	41
Medieval Hungary was a large and powerful nation, yet the Hungary of today is a rather small and, for lack of a better term, weak. How did such a mighty nation become so small and inconsequential?	36
Who inhabited Eastern Europe and the Balkans before the arrival of the Slavs?	32
How did the Nazis view the Japanese? Were they considered Sub Human?	16
Muslims occupied Spain for hundreds of years, Did the invading Muslims leave a genetic impact on Spanish and Portuguese people?	15
Why were central American Indians more advanced than the Indians who inhabited what would become the United States?	4
Would WW2 have happened without Hitler? Was a second global war inevitable? Would Germany become a fascist state even without Hitler?	1