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When the Seljuks dominated Iran and Anatolia, did they still live in Yurts?

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Why did the Mamluk Sultanate not adopt firearms?

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When the Ottomans were still a Beylik in the early 14th century, was Anatolia more Greek or Turkic?

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What did the Abbasid Empire know of Tang China and what kind of diplomacy did they engage in?

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The 19th century saw a rise of Nationalism in Europe. Why didn’t these nationalistic movements spread to European colonies?

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With the Fall of Granada, was there fear in Muslim North Africa and Sub-Sahara of Spanish incursions into their domains?

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Considering the wars and economic crisis in the Ottoman Empire during the 19th Century, what did life look like in Constantinople?

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So I saw a question about ancient armies and how coordination was hard so complex maneuvers were rare. However, I have a question about steppe warriors.

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So I've read that slaves actually existed in post-Roman Europe. Question is, what was the roles they often were assigned to do?

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I was watching a show set in the Medieval era, somewhere in the early 13th century where someone was reading a translated work of Aristotle but a priest called it a “pagan” book and denounced it. Did the Latin church view pre-Christian works as pagan and were against it?

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When the Seljuks dominated Iran and Anatolia, did they still live in Yurts?	9
Why did the Mamluk Sultanate not adopt firearms?	9
When the Ottomans were still a Beylik in the early 14th century, was Anatolia more Greek or Turkic?	8
What did the Abbasid Empire know of Tang China and what kind of diplomacy did they engage in?	8
The 19th century saw a rise of Nationalism in Europe. Why didn’t these nationalistic movements spread to European colonies?	8
With the Fall of Granada, was there fear in Muslim North Africa and Sub-Sahara of Spanish incursions into their domains?	8
Considering the wars and economic crisis in the Ottoman Empire during the 19th Century, what did life look like in Constantinople?	8
So I saw a question about ancient armies and how coordination was hard so complex maneuvers were rare. However, I have a question about steppe warriors.	8
So I've read that slaves actually existed in post-Roman Europe. Question is, what was the roles they often were assigned to do?	8
I was watching a show set in the Medieval era, somewhere in the early 13th century where someone was reading a translated work of Aristotle but a priest called it a “pagan” book and denounced it. Did the Latin church view pre-Christian works as pagan and were against it?	7