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How did Europeans in the Middle Ages think about time? How did they think about the past or history?

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So in Crusader Kings 2 around the 1150’s Andalusia has a religious shift from Sunni to Shia Islam for about 40+ years according to Paradox Interactive’s predated bookmarks. Did this dogma shift change actually happen in history? What were the causes of this change, and how did it impact the Almohad?

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I've read about Erik Gnupsson's mission to Vinland, as well as the Scottish Christian missionaries that went with Leif Erikson and Thorfinn Karlsefni. Is there any evidence that the Vatican was aware of Vinland and organized conversion missions there?

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Is there hard evidence that two million+ Christians were martyred under roman rule?

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"A year later, after another heartfelt request for funding spurred a one-word answer from Morgan (“No”), Tesla wrote back accusing the pious Episcopalian Morgan of being a Muslim fanatic.", so says history.com. I can not find either of those letters, nor do I understand why he would call him that.

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Don't Know What To Do With My History Degree

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What drove the support for the Khmer Rouge from the West after 1979?

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Why was psychedelic music more popular in Cambodia compared to other Asian countries in the 60s?

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WW2 partisans are lauded as brave heroes, while anti-colonial guerillas from the Cold War generally fall under the "terrorist" category. How do their tactics differ?

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How much connoisseurial knowledge of tea was there in early modern Europe? Did Europeans have a preference for tea of certain kinds or from certain regions of China?

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How did Europeans in the Middle Ages think about time? How did they think about the past or history?	21
So in Crusader Kings 2 around the 1150’s Andalusia has a religious shift from Sunni to Shia Islam for about 40+ years according to Paradox Interactive’s predated bookmarks. Did this dogma shift change actually happen in history? What were the causes of this change, and how did it impact the Almohad?	21
I've read about Erik Gnupsson's mission to Vinland, as well as the Scottish Christian missionaries that went with Leif Erikson and Thorfinn Karlsefni. Is there any evidence that the Vatican was aware of Vinland and organized conversion missions there?	21
Is there hard evidence that two million+ Christians were martyred under roman rule?	21
"A year later, after another heartfelt request for funding spurred a one-word answer from Morgan (“No”), Tesla wrote back accusing the pious Episcopalian Morgan of being a Muslim fanatic.", so says history.com. I can not find either of those letters, nor do I understand why he would call him that.	21
Don't Know What To Do With My History Degree	21
What drove the support for the Khmer Rouge from the West after 1979?	21
Why was psychedelic music more popular in Cambodia compared to other Asian countries in the 60s?	21
WW2 partisans are lauded as brave heroes, while anti-colonial guerillas from the Cold War generally fall under the "terrorist" category. How do their tactics differ?	21
How much connoisseurial knowledge of tea was there in early modern Europe? Did Europeans have a preference for tea of certain kinds or from certain regions of China?	21