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How do historians grapple with the utter lack of contemporary sources surrounding the Arab Conquests of the 7th/8th centuries? These events changed the course of history for three continents, and Islam continues to be the fastest growing religion on earth.
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Why where the Knightly Orders (Templar, Teutonic and Malta) held in such high regards by the european kingdoms? Did their members had special training or a diferent routine from a regular knight? Were there any such orders from the arabic rulers?
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At the end of chapter XIIX of The Prince by Machiavelli, he talks about an unnamed Prince, who is that unnamed Prince and what did he do to deserve such a name for himself (quote below)?
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Did Libertalia really exist? If so, how did they go about following the values they have claimed to defend?
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Was the quality of life in Ancient Rome comparable or better than in the 1770s? An Edward Gibbon question.
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