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Why has the population of Atlantic Cod not recovered since the end of mass commercial fishing?

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Medieval Jewish writers identified a Roman soldier named Pantera as Jesus's father. The tombstone of such a soldier was found in 19th century Germany. Rather than whether he was Jesus's real dad, was this the same Pantera in the mind of Jewish writers?

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Reading about the British East India Company's conquest of India, it seems that the Company's major advantage wasn't technological but in using drilled (native or foreign) infantry. But where did Britain adopt drilled infantry tactics from and why hadn't native Indian kingdoms developed drill?

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The history of the Assassins ends with the sacking of Alamut, but was this actually a significant event? The Assassins weren't distinct from regular Ismailis were they? What was the history of the Ismailis between destruction of Alamut and Aga Khan I?

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Who were the intermediaries in the medieval and early modern Ottoman Black Sea slave trade? Were the merchants Muslims, or would Greek or Armenian merchants also purchase slaves for resale?

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In the TV show Ertrugrul, the Kayi tribe is depicted as being reliant on the sale of finished textiles to cities in order to buy grain. Is this a realistic depiction the economy of a nomadic Turkmen tribe in the 12th century?

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If the one of the leading causes of anti-Umayyad sentiment leading up to the Abbasid revolution was the Umayyads continuing to levy the jizya on converts, how did the Abbasids make up the difference in receipts? Did they institute new taxes or was their tax income lower compared to the Umayyads?

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Why were the armies of the late Middle Ages so small relative to the population of the countries?

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Are the Holy Leagues against the Ottomans continuous with the Crusades? If so, why aren't they considered numbered Crusades?

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Did the Broccoli family of Carrera, Italy invent the vegetable broccoli or were their Calabrian branch pivotal in its transfer to the USA?

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Why has the population of Atlantic Cod not recovered since the end of mass commercial fishing?	12	askscience
Medieval Jewish writers identified a Roman soldier named Pantera as Jesus's father. The tombstone of such a soldier was found in 19th century Germany. Rather than whether he was Jesus's real dad, was this the same Pantera in the mind of Jewish writers?	12	AskHistorians
Reading about the British East India Company's conquest of India, it seems that the Company's major advantage wasn't technological but in using drilled (native or foreign) infantry. But where did Britain adopt drilled infantry tactics from and why hadn't native Indian kingdoms developed drill?	12	AskHistorians
The history of the Assassins ends with the sacking of Alamut, but was this actually a significant event? The Assassins weren't distinct from regular Ismailis were they? What was the history of the Ismailis between destruction of Alamut and Aga Khan I?	12	AskHistorians
Who were the intermediaries in the medieval and early modern Ottoman Black Sea slave trade? Were the merchants Muslims, or would Greek or Armenian merchants also purchase slaves for resale?	12	AskHistorians
In the TV show Ertrugrul, the Kayi tribe is depicted as being reliant on the sale of finished textiles to cities in order to buy grain. Is this a realistic depiction the economy of a nomadic Turkmen tribe in the 12th century?	12	AskHistorians
If the one of the leading causes of anti-Umayyad sentiment leading up to the Abbasid revolution was the Umayyads continuing to levy the jizya on converts, how did the Abbasids make up the difference in receipts? Did they institute new taxes or was their tax income lower compared to the Umayyads?	11	AskHistorians
Why were the armies of the late Middle Ages so small relative to the population of the countries?	11	AskHistorians
Are the Holy Leagues against the Ottomans continuous with the Crusades? If so, why aren't they considered numbered Crusades?	11	AskHistorians
Did the Broccoli family of Carrera, Italy invent the vegetable broccoli or were their Calabrian branch pivotal in its transfer to the USA?	11	AskHistorians