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It’s 1204 and Constantinople has been sacked to oblivion. What would be the immediate aftershocks for the different people in the Byzantine Empire?
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The Abbasids are often thought of as the Golden Era of Islam, but looking at its history, it seemed to quickly go on a decline as it lost territory to the Fatimids and Seljuks, and there was conflict with its own successors. What is the true legacy the Abbasids left behind?
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The French had used cannons effectively in the Hundred Years War. The Spanish use of gunpowder weapons was vital for the conquest of the Americas. Why aren't they considered Gunpowder Empires like the Ottomans, Safavids and Mughals?
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During the medieval era, when a city or town was sack, did individual soldiers get to keep the loot or did they have to hand it over to their commander/noble lords?
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In the Medieval Era, noblemen fought as knights. Levied peasants, often with no time to train in the art of war, usually use a variety of weapons that are simple to use and easy to find. From what class of people are archers taken from?
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What was so alluring about Persian culture that both the Arabs and Turks have adopted Persianite culture and made it court language?
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