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Did any Early Modern Islamic nations consider or attempt to colonize the New World?

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A massive exodus of Arabic-speaking Jews to Israel occurred during the 1940s and 50s, dissolving thousand-year-old communities essentially overnight. How did this happen so quickly? Did Arab countries make any effort to retain their Jewish populations?

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Was the Ottoman Empire aware of the Turkic-speaking peoples in the far East?

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Why did pilgrimage cease to become an important religious duty of European Christians?

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Why is it Sweden, rather than Gothland, Geatland, or Guteland?

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Would the inhabitants of Europe before the Indo-European invasion have resembled modern Europeans?Would the inhabitants of Europe before the Indo-European invasion have resembled modern Europeans?

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On the 11th-13th century Baltic coast, how did the treatment of Jews compare to that of native pagans?

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Could an Italian peasant (in Rome, Sardinia, Sicily, or Tuscany), circa 1100, understand much of the Latin spoken in church?

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Besides Etruscan, are there any extinct non-IE languages of Europe that we know from historical sources?

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Did 8th and 7th century Kings of Lombardy view themselves as successors or inheritors to the Western Roman Empire?

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Did any Early Modern Islamic nations consider or attempt to colonize the New World?	41
A massive exodus of Arabic-speaking Jews to Israel occurred during the 1940s and 50s, dissolving thousand-year-old communities essentially overnight. How did this happen so quickly? Did Arab countries make any effort to retain their Jewish populations?	41
Was the Ottoman Empire aware of the Turkic-speaking peoples in the far East?	41
Why did pilgrimage cease to become an important religious duty of European Christians?	40
Why is it Sweden, rather than Gothland, Geatland, or Guteland?	40
Would the inhabitants of Europe before the Indo-European invasion have resembled modern Europeans?Would the inhabitants of Europe before the Indo-European invasion have resembled modern Europeans?	40
On the 11th-13th century Baltic coast, how did the treatment of Jews compare to that of native pagans?	40
Could an Italian peasant (in Rome, Sardinia, Sicily, or Tuscany), circa 1100, understand much of the Latin spoken in church?	40
Besides Etruscan, are there any extinct non-IE languages of Europe that we know from historical sources?	39
Did 8th and 7th century Kings of Lombardy view themselves as successors or inheritors to the Western Roman Empire?	39