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Isaac Newton famously claimed his greatest achievement in life was his lifelong celibacy. Would a layperson being celibate for life be considered virtuous in Protestant England in his time? How was celibacy thought of in general then?

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Did the Islamic world have any equivalent of witch hunts or fears of paganism?

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The life of a janissary sounds pretty brutal, starting with being kidnapped and taken away from their families. How did the Ottoman Empire inspire loyalty in them after they started life that way?

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How was Ramadan practiced in the Middle Ages?

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How was the Confederacy viewed by other countries in it’s time?

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Were there abolitionist movements in the Islamic World?

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How did the Abbasid Caliphate feel about the Umayyad Caliphate continuing in Spain?

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How did people react to Ataturk’s abolition of the caliphate?

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Mughal-Safavid relations and sectarianism

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Were countries farther from the Pope more likely to become Protestant? If so, why?

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Isaac Newton famously claimed his greatest achievement in life was his lifelong celibacy. Would a layperson being celibate for life be considered virtuous in Protestant England in his time? How was celibacy thought of in general then?	411	AskHistorians
Did the Islamic world have any equivalent of witch hunts or fears of paganism?	254	AskHistorians
The life of a janissary sounds pretty brutal, starting with being kidnapped and taken away from their families. How did the Ottoman Empire inspire loyalty in them after they started life that way?	34	AskHistorians
How was Ramadan practiced in the Middle Ages?	20	AskHistorians
How was the Confederacy viewed by other countries in it’s time?	15	AskHistorians
Were there abolitionist movements in the Islamic World?	11	AskHistorians
How did the Abbasid Caliphate feel about the Umayyad Caliphate continuing in Spain?	11	AskHistorians
How did people react to Ataturk’s abolition of the caliphate?	8	AskHistorians
Mughal-Safavid relations and sectarianism	8	AskHistorians
Were countries farther from the Pope more likely to become Protestant? If so, why?	7	AskHistorians