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Lions have been, since Roman times and through the middle ages, an important symbol in most of Europe, appearing in crests, flags, etc. But... Where did the Europeans even learn about the existence of lions in the first place, since they are a sub-Saharan species?
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If the treaty of Tordesillas had been in favour of Portugal instead of Spain, would the majority of the Americas have become Portuguese-speaking instead?
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Could an European mercantile company be able to found a country (or sovereign territory, rather) in the Caribbean or Oceania and have it run under private initiative?
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Why didn't the United States use the threat of nuclear war to prevent other powers from developing their own nuclear weapons back when it held a monopoly on them?
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Why did certain regions of Europe under Ottoman rule, like Albania and Bosnia, see so many more conversions to Islam than others, like Greece and Serbia?
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