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In Beowulf, the hero recounts a battle with a sea-monster that ended with him washing onto the shore of distant Finland. What contact existed between Finns and Anglo-Saxons in the early Middle Ages?

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As late as the 18th century, Greeks and Greek speakers formed huge communities in Turkey, Romania, Ukraine, the Middle East, and even Egypt. Why did these groups disappear so quickly? What traces remain of the once far-reaching Greek diaspora?

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Would most educated Northern Europeans in 1300 have been aware that Black people existed?

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Why did the Civil Rights Movement happen in the mid-1950s and not earlier?

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How did Polish spelling emerge?

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Why did the 1666 Fire of London have such few casualties?

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I'm a Plains Native American in 1840. How different is my life from my ancestor's in 1540?

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Before the modern era, how common was intermarriage between Christians and Jews?

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Did Europeans and Muslims in the centuries before the Mughals view India as one country? Or did they view it as a politically fractured region, much like their own homelands?

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I've heard that ancient Greek doctors believed that women had less teeth than men. Why? Couldn't they simply count, and realize this was not the case?

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In Beowulf, the hero recounts a battle with a sea-monster that ended with him washing onto the shore of distant Finland. What contact existed between Finns and Anglo-Saxons in the early Middle Ages?	45	AskHistorians
As late as the 18th century, Greeks and Greek speakers formed huge communities in Turkey, Romania, Ukraine, the Middle East, and even Egypt. Why did these groups disappear so quickly? What traces remain of the once far-reaching Greek diaspora?	45	AskHistorians
Would most educated Northern Europeans in 1300 have been aware that Black people existed?	45	AskHistorians
Why did the Civil Rights Movement happen in the mid-1950s and not earlier?	44	AskHistorians
How did Polish spelling emerge?	44	AskHistorians
Why did the 1666 Fire of London have such few casualties?	43	AskHistorians
I'm a Plains Native American in 1840. How different is my life from my ancestor's in 1540?	43	AskHistorians
Before the modern era, how common was intermarriage between Christians and Jews?	43	AskHistorians
Did Europeans and Muslims in the centuries before the Mughals view India as one country? Or did they view it as a politically fractured region, much like their own homelands?	43	AskHistorians
I've heard that ancient Greek doctors believed that women had less teeth than men. Why? Couldn't they simply count, and realize this was not the case?	43	AskHistorians