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When the Crusaders established the Crusader States, how did they treat the Eastern Christians such as the Coptic Christians?

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What was the primary warship of the Indian Ocean before the advent of the modern period?

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What allowed the Ottomans to have a huge gunpowder advantage to their European enemies during the 15th and 16th centuries?

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Was there a kind of “shell shock” experienced by soldiers and knights on the onset of early cannons in around say the 15th and 16th centuries?

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Why is Ottoman bureaucracy considered efficient?

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The Wu Pei Chih (1621) described Ottoman muskets to use a rack-and-pinion mechanism. Do we have any surviving muskets with this mechanism?

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Although enemies, the Ottomans seemed to admire Rome. Did this mean that they were at awe at Byzantine culture, even at times of war, or even when Byzantium was more or less a tributary to the Ottomans?

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Could a common man if he had the funds in the 16th century buy a musket from an artisan or were gunpowder weapons regulated by states?

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I’m the youngest child of a poor Balkan family in the 15th century. I was the one taken by the Ottomans to be trained as a Jannisary. What is my life being raised by the Ottomans like?

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What made Mamluk succession stand out from other succession methods?

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When the Crusaders established the Crusader States, how did they treat the Eastern Christians such as the Coptic Christians?	59
What was the primary warship of the Indian Ocean before the advent of the modern period?	57
What allowed the Ottomans to have a huge gunpowder advantage to their European enemies during the 15th and 16th centuries?	50
Was there a kind of “shell shock” experienced by soldiers and knights on the onset of early cannons in around say the 15th and 16th centuries?	50
Why is Ottoman bureaucracy considered efficient?	49
The Wu Pei Chih (1621) described Ottoman muskets to use a rack-and-pinion mechanism. Do we have any surviving muskets with this mechanism?	44
Although enemies, the Ottomans seemed to admire Rome. Did this mean that they were at awe at Byzantine culture, even at times of war, or even when Byzantium was more or less a tributary to the Ottomans?	43
Could a common man if he had the funds in the 16th century buy a musket from an artisan or were gunpowder weapons regulated by states?	43
I’m the youngest child of a poor Balkan family in the 15th century. I was the one taken by the Ottomans to be trained as a Jannisary. What is my life being raised by the Ottomans like?	38
What made Mamluk succession stand out from other succession methods?	38