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In the middle ages did Jewish people ever fight in medieval armies? Were there Jewish knights?

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Why did England and France develop a strong centralized government while the Holy Roman Empire stayed decentralized and fragmented?

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I was looking at the Wikipedia page for the first crusade and noticed that almost all of the crusaders were ether French or Norman. Why didn't Poland, Hungary, or the Holy Roman Empire send any troops or generals?

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Why were armies in antiquity so much larger than armies in the medieval age?

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Why do so many Jewish people have Germanic sounding surnames?

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Who inhabited eastern Europe before the arrival of the Slavs?

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What was life like as a European living in a crusader state?

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Why do so many countries in east Asia (China, India, Indonesia) have massive populations?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In the middle ages did Jewish people ever fight in medieval armies? Were there Jewish knights?	3245
Why did England and France develop a strong centralized government while the Holy Roman Empire stayed decentralized and fragmented?	2230
I was looking at the Wikipedia page for the first crusade and noticed that almost all of the crusaders were ether French or Norman. Why didn't Poland, Hungary, or the Holy Roman Empire send any troops or generals?	26
Why were armies in antiquity so much larger than armies in the medieval age?	3
Why do so many Jewish people have Germanic sounding surnames?	3
Who inhabited eastern Europe before the arrival of the Slavs?	2
What was life like as a European living in a crusader state?	2
Why do so many countries in east Asia (China, India, Indonesia) have massive populations?	1