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Did the Spaniards know or at least suspect that the spread of smallpox in the New World was caused by their arrival?

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According to some estimates, Europe and China reached populations of about 100-150m in the High Middle Ages, respectively. If the Plague caused about the same number of deaths in both regions, why is the latter's current population nearly double the former's?

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The 14th century French cardinal Pierre d'Ailly once prophesised that the year 1789 would mark the coming of the Antichrist. Did anyone in France that year make the connection between d'Ailly's prophecy and the beginning of the French Revolution?

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Why didn't Europeans colonize Africa before America?

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How did New World explorers get ships to the Pacific Ocean? Did they have to build them entirely in the Pacific coast?

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Why didn't Cairo, IL, become an important city, given its strategic location?

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Did the people in the sinosphere in the 16th century (China, Japan, Korea, etc.) have diseases that could potentially annihilate native Americans, were they to colonise the Americas?

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Why did the Meiji Restoration succeed where the Self-Strengthening Movement failed, if both reforms had the same goals?

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When, how and why did Latin stop being the lingua franca among the elites of Europe?

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Does the 6960th Hadith of the Quran refer to the Mongols?

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Did the Spaniards know or at least suspect that the spread of smallpox in the New World was caused by their arrival?	15
According to some estimates, Europe and China reached populations of about 100-150m in the High Middle Ages, respectively. If the Plague caused about the same number of deaths in both regions, why is the latter's current population nearly double the former's?	12
The 14th century French cardinal Pierre d'Ailly once prophesised that the year 1789 would mark the coming of the Antichrist. Did anyone in France that year make the connection between d'Ailly's prophecy and the beginning of the French Revolution?	12
Why didn't Europeans colonize Africa before America?	12
How did New World explorers get ships to the Pacific Ocean? Did they have to build them entirely in the Pacific coast?	11
Why didn't Cairo, IL, become an important city, given its strategic location?	10
Did the people in the sinosphere in the 16th century (China, Japan, Korea, etc.) have diseases that could potentially annihilate native Americans, were they to colonise the Americas?	10
Why did the Meiji Restoration succeed where the Self-Strengthening Movement failed, if both reforms had the same goals?	9
When, how and why did Latin stop being the lingua franca among the elites of Europe?	8
Does the 6960th Hadith of the Quran refer to the Mongols?	8