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Did Jannisaries ever express anger or resentment at being taken from their families?

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One side says that the Knights of Rhodes were still honourable knights defending Christians from the Ottomans, the other side say the Knights of Rhodes were pirates who preyed on helpless Muslim ships. What were these knights actually like?

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Why do the Ottomans lose so many soldiers in every battle?

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Destruction of Persepolis, Burning of the Library of Alexandria, Sack of Baghdad. Did we truly lose so much sciences from these tragedies? Or is it an exaggeration to say that we have been “held back” scientifically from these events?

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Since the Ottoman Decline thesis has been challenged, what could be the explanation to their loss of territory and military defeats in the 18th and 19th century?

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Islam rose at a time when Byzantium and Persia were at their weakest. Was this mere coincidence or were the destructive wars of Byzantine and Persia indirectly helping in the Rise of Islam or the unity of the Arabs?

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Anatolia is mountainous. How did the Seljuks defeat the Byzantines when the terrain was not in favor for their mostly cavalry armies?

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During the Crusades, the Crusaders saw the Muslim world as a “Great Other”, an enemy to all Christendom. Did the Muslims see the Crusaders similarly, or were they more of a political then religious enemy?

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How horrible was the sack of Constantinople by the Latin Crusaders?

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What effects did the Atlantic Slave Trade have on the Arab Slave Trade?

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Did Jannisaries ever express anger or resentment at being taken from their families?	1214
One side says that the Knights of Rhodes were still honourable knights defending Christians from the Ottomans, the other side say the Knights of Rhodes were pirates who preyed on helpless Muslim ships. What were these knights actually like?	355
Why do the Ottomans lose so many soldiers in every battle?	302
Destruction of Persepolis, Burning of the Library of Alexandria, Sack of Baghdad. Did we truly lose so much sciences from these tragedies? Or is it an exaggeration to say that we have been “held back” scientifically from these events?	269
Since the Ottoman Decline thesis has been challenged, what could be the explanation to their loss of territory and military defeats in the 18th and 19th century?	266
Islam rose at a time when Byzantium and Persia were at their weakest. Was this mere coincidence or were the destructive wars of Byzantine and Persia indirectly helping in the Rise of Islam or the unity of the Arabs?	249
Anatolia is mountainous. How did the Seljuks defeat the Byzantines when the terrain was not in favor for their mostly cavalry armies?	198
During the Crusades, the Crusaders saw the Muslim world as a “Great Other”, an enemy to all Christendom. Did the Muslims see the Crusaders similarly, or were they more of a political then religious enemy?	179
How horrible was the sack of Constantinople by the Latin Crusaders?	174
What effects did the Atlantic Slave Trade have on the Arab Slave Trade?	128