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Did Romani Gypsies know they had roots in India before modern genetic and linguistic studies?

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On the rememberance day of the Armenian Genocide, #24Nisan1915 is trending on Turkish Twitter where people are praising the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. Why are they respected today, when Ataturk and the early Turkish government hated them?

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Why don't the Romani Gypsies practice Hinduism when they retained so much of their culture from India?

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Why wasn't there an old Greek community in Egypt as there was in Asia Minor, Caucasus or even Cyprus?

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18.5% of African-American ancestry is European. Were these white ancestors usually the rich slave owners, or poorer white plantation workers/supervisors?

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Why did Alsace in France never become a country while smaller and nearby entities managed to, e.g. Liechtenstein, Monaco and Luxembourg?

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Is anything known about the Saudi King's 12 year old Armenian wife?

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Why did European powers intervene to stop Egypt from destroying the Ottoman Empire after it successfully invaded Syria in 1839?

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Why isn't Mexico as multicultural as other countries in the Americas?

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Why is Iranian Shia Islam distinct from Alevism, when Iran's conversion to Shi'ism was led by the Safavid dynasty (a dynasty intertwined with Alevis)?

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Did Romani Gypsies know they had roots in India before modern genetic and linguistic studies?	2063
On the rememberance day of the Armenian Genocide, #24Nisan1915 is trending on Turkish Twitter where people are praising the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide. Why are they respected today, when Ataturk and the early Turkish government hated them?	459
Why don't the Romani Gypsies practice Hinduism when they retained so much of their culture from India?	157
Why wasn't there an old Greek community in Egypt as there was in Asia Minor, Caucasus or even Cyprus?	79
18.5% of African-American ancestry is European. Were these white ancestors usually the rich slave owners, or poorer white plantation workers/supervisors?	55
Why did Alsace in France never become a country while smaller and nearby entities managed to, e.g. Liechtenstein, Monaco and Luxembourg?	39
Is anything known about the Saudi King's 12 year old Armenian wife?	22
Why did European powers intervene to stop Egypt from destroying the Ottoman Empire after it successfully invaded Syria in 1839?	19
Why isn't Mexico as multicultural as other countries in the Americas?	18
Why is Iranian Shia Islam distinct from Alevism, when Iran's conversion to Shi'ism was led by the Safavid dynasty (a dynasty intertwined with Alevis)?	16