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Medieval Latin/Frankish armies are often depicted as slow and heavily armored, and Medieval Islamic armies are depicted as fast and lightly armored. How accurate is this depiction?

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How were Native Americans regarded outside of the United States? Did they conduct formal diplomacy?

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Statistics about slavery in the Antebellum South show that around 90% of southern blacks were enslaved. What was life like for those few who were free in the south?

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Similarly, I've heard that the Abrahamic god has parallels across various forms of Semitic Paganism (as one element of a larger pantheon). Did the Phoenicians/pagan Arabs have parallels to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and other Biblical stories?

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What was Cambodia like before the Khmer Rouge took over, and how did it compare to neighboring Thailand and Vietnam?

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Why is it that France's government managed to nearly eliminate all of its minority languages while Spain's similar language suppression policies failed and Catalan and Basque are still very much alive?

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In its humble beginnings, before Rome dominated the Italian Peninsula, it was populated by many peoples like the Umbri and the Etruscans. Before the Han dominated China, what peoples lived in China alongside/standing against the Han, and what happened to them?

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Did the Russians, before comparative linguistics proved the relationship, see any similarities between Native Americans and the small-numbered peoples in Russia when they colonized America?

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Mohammed Naguib in 1952 was the first native Egyptian to rule Egypt in 2,294 years. Was this considered significant in Egypt at the time?

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Confederate flags frequently fly side by side with American flags. At what point did confederate sympathies stop being considered wholly incompatible with American patriotism?

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Medieval Latin/Frankish armies are often depicted as slow and heavily armored, and Medieval Islamic armies are depicted as fast and lightly armored. How accurate is this depiction?	227
How were Native Americans regarded outside of the United States? Did they conduct formal diplomacy?	218
Statistics about slavery in the Antebellum South show that around 90% of southern blacks were enslaved. What was life like for those few who were free in the south?	216
Similarly, I've heard that the Abrahamic god has parallels across various forms of Semitic Paganism (as one element of a larger pantheon). Did the Phoenicians/pagan Arabs have parallels to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and other Biblical stories?	209
What was Cambodia like before the Khmer Rouge took over, and how did it compare to neighboring Thailand and Vietnam?	204
Why is it that France's government managed to nearly eliminate all of its minority languages while Spain's similar language suppression policies failed and Catalan and Basque are still very much alive?	192
In its humble beginnings, before Rome dominated the Italian Peninsula, it was populated by many peoples like the Umbri and the Etruscans. Before the Han dominated China, what peoples lived in China alongside/standing against the Han, and what happened to them?	181
Did the Russians, before comparative linguistics proved the relationship, see any similarities between Native Americans and the small-numbered peoples in Russia when they colonized America?	177
Mohammed Naguib in 1952 was the first native Egyptian to rule Egypt in 2,294 years. Was this considered significant in Egypt at the time?	174
Confederate flags frequently fly side by side with American flags. At what point did confederate sympathies stop being considered wholly incompatible with American patriotism?	168