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How did the Arabs consolidate and maintain control over their massive holdings for centuries?

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Why did East and Southeast Asian (Mongoloid) populations evolve to have more neotenous ('babylike') facial features along with shorter heights and smaller ('petite') body frames compared to other human populations?

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What was the difference between the Spanish mit'a and the Incan mit'a? And how did both of these systems compare to the corvée labour systems in the rest of the world?

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What is the history of the popular perception of Columbus? How did he turn from a hero to a villain in popular culture?

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Why do European cities have so few high-rises and skyscrapers?

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The most famous artists of the Late Medieval and Renaissance era were thoroughly respectable and devout Christians. Then how did artists become associated with an unconventional lifestyle, frequently featuring copious amounts of drugs and socially unacceptable sexual liaisons?

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Given that medieval people were seemingly aware of the fact that their knowledge and abilities were far inferior to the Romans, was there a widespread sense of historical pessimism about the future because of this, i. e. was there an idea that the future would continue to become worse and worse?

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According to the Wikipedia page on Manichaeism, secretive Manichean communities persist to this day in Fujian in China. Is there any ethnographic work on these communities available in English or French?

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Hellenistic Judaism is the term used for the heavily-Hellenised form of Judaism that came into existence after the Greek conquest of the area. Why did the monotheistic Jews accept the polytheistic Greek culture so easily? Why did they later have such difficulty accepting Roman culture, in contrast?

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Recent research argues that the short stature of African pygmies is a result of them facing selection pressures in favor of earlier maturation, which in turn is because of their short life expectancy. But why are the pygmies likely to die young?

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How did the Arabs consolidate and maintain control over their massive holdings for centuries?	2	AskHistorians
Why did East and Southeast Asian (Mongoloid) populations evolve to have more neotenous ('babylike') facial features along with shorter heights and smaller ('petite') body frames compared to other human populations?	1	askscience
What was the difference between the Spanish mit'a and the Incan mit'a? And how did both of these systems compare to the corvée labour systems in the rest of the world?	1	AskHistorians
What is the history of the popular perception of Columbus? How did he turn from a hero to a villain in popular culture?	1	AskHistorians
Why do European cities have so few high-rises and skyscrapers?	1	AskHistorians
The most famous artists of the Late Medieval and Renaissance era were thoroughly respectable and devout Christians. Then how did artists become associated with an unconventional lifestyle, frequently featuring copious amounts of drugs and socially unacceptable sexual liaisons?	1	AskHistorians
Given that medieval people were seemingly aware of the fact that their knowledge and abilities were far inferior to the Romans, was there a widespread sense of historical pessimism about the future because of this, i. e. was there an idea that the future would continue to become worse and worse?	1	AskHistorians
According to the Wikipedia page on Manichaeism, secretive Manichean communities persist to this day in Fujian in China. Is there any ethnographic work on these communities available in English or French?	1	AskHistorians
Hellenistic Judaism is the term used for the heavily-Hellenised form of Judaism that came into existence after the Greek conquest of the area. Why did the monotheistic Jews accept the polytheistic Greek culture so easily? Why did they later have such difficulty accepting Roman culture, in contrast?	1	AskHistorians
Recent research argues that the short stature of African pygmies is a result of them facing selection pressures in favor of earlier maturation, which in turn is because of their short life expectancy. But why are the pygmies likely to die young?	1	askscience