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I'm familiar of the historical and anthropological interest in the "Old Europe" that existed before the Indo-European arrival, but what research has been done on "Old India" or "Old Iran"?

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Why did the USSR apparently become more anti-Semitic across its history?

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When and why did colonists of the Americas stop identifying as English, Spanish, or Portuguese?

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I'm a Greek peasant in 1453. I have just received word that Constantinople, hundreds of miles away, has been conquered by the Ottomans. How is my life going to change?

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How come the French regime in North Africa was toppled by a popular guerrilla war, while the Romans, Vandals, Umayyads, and Abbasids did not seem to have this problem?

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Could a young man like Nick Carraway really get a high-paying Wall Street job, with very little experience, in the early 1920s?

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Why was Mecca never the capitol of an Islamic empire?

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Did medieval European queens ever serve as diplomats, like modern first ladies? What did queens do all day?

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For what reasons was Christianity so appealing to many South Asian, East Asian, and Sub-Saharan African people in the 20th century?

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Viking-age Iceland had no true villages. Instead, people lived spaced-apart in lone farms. Was this representative of life in Scandinavia at the time?

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I'm familiar of the historical and anthropological interest in the "Old Europe" that existed before the Indo-European arrival, but what research has been done on "Old India" or "Old Iran"?	37	AskHistorians
Why did the USSR apparently become more anti-Semitic across its history?	37	AskHistorians
When and why did colonists of the Americas stop identifying as English, Spanish, or Portuguese?	37	AskHistorians
I'm a Greek peasant in 1453. I have just received word that Constantinople, hundreds of miles away, has been conquered by the Ottomans. How is my life going to change?	37	AskHistorians
How come the French regime in North Africa was toppled by a popular guerrilla war, while the Romans, Vandals, Umayyads, and Abbasids did not seem to have this problem?	37	AskHistorians
Could a young man like Nick Carraway really get a high-paying Wall Street job, with very little experience, in the early 1920s?	37	AskHistorians
Why was Mecca never the capitol of an Islamic empire?	36	AskHistorians
Did medieval European queens ever serve as diplomats, like modern first ladies? What did queens do all day?	36	AskHistorians
For what reasons was Christianity so appealing to many South Asian, East Asian, and Sub-Saharan African people in the 20th century?	36	AskHistorians
Viking-age Iceland had no true villages. Instead, people lived spaced-apart in lone farms. Was this representative of life in Scandinavia at the time?	36	AskHistorians