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What was Byzantine policy towards Jewish people like, especially in the immediate period prior to the advent of Islam?

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In another thread, a flaired user quote a bit of Aristotle wherein he (Aristotle) claims that Argos was marshy and Mycenae was fertile at the time of the Trojan War, but in his own era that Mycenae had become dry and Argos farmable. Is there any archaeological evidence for or against this claim?

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How did Assyria survive the Bronze Age Collapse? What features did it have that the Hittites or Mycenaeans didn't?

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Historically, how did various empires pacify conquered regions?

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I've heard that Ireland was largely uncultivated until the Norman era at least, and that prior to that most land usage was for the pasture of cattle. Is this true and if so, did the Irish practice abortion or infanticide to avoid overpopulation?

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The stock market became a thing in the Netherlands and England prior to Astrology falling out of scientific favor, correct? Were astrologers consulted for stock trades?

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How were asylum seekers in the West seen by the larger body of Soviet dissidents? As something to aspire to or as people who gave up?

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In Antiquity, Eastern Europe and Central Asia were inhabited by Iranian-speaking peoples like the Scythians and the Sarmatians, yet they were almost entirely replaced by Slavic and Turkic speaking populations - why? Did they have some aspects to their culture that didn't allow them to compete?

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In the early years of Christianity, was there any attempts at syncreticism with Greco-Roman paganism?

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Did any medieval or antique states possess a secret police or a secular equivalent to the Inquisition to which people could accuse their neighbors of treason or non-religious thoughtcrimes?

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What was Byzantine policy towards Jewish people like, especially in the immediate period prior to the advent of Islam?	5	AskHistorians
In another thread, a flaired user quote a bit of Aristotle wherein he (Aristotle) claims that Argos was marshy and Mycenae was fertile at the time of the Trojan War, but in his own era that Mycenae had become dry and Argos farmable. Is there any archaeological evidence for or against this claim?	5	AskHistorians
How did Assyria survive the Bronze Age Collapse? What features did it have that the Hittites or Mycenaeans didn't?	5	AskHistorians
Historically, how did various empires pacify conquered regions?	5	AskHistorians
I've heard that Ireland was largely uncultivated until the Norman era at least, and that prior to that most land usage was for the pasture of cattle. Is this true and if so, did the Irish practice abortion or infanticide to avoid overpopulation?	5	AskHistorians
The stock market became a thing in the Netherlands and England prior to Astrology falling out of scientific favor, correct? Were astrologers consulted for stock trades?	5	AskHistorians
How were asylum seekers in the West seen by the larger body of Soviet dissidents? As something to aspire to or as people who gave up?	5	AskHistorians
In Antiquity, Eastern Europe and Central Asia were inhabited by Iranian-speaking peoples like the Scythians and the Sarmatians, yet they were almost entirely replaced by Slavic and Turkic speaking populations - why? Did they have some aspects to their culture that didn't allow them to compete?	5	AskHistorians
In the early years of Christianity, was there any attempts at syncreticism with Greco-Roman paganism?	5	AskHistorians
Did any medieval or antique states possess a secret police or a secular equivalent to the Inquisition to which people could accuse their neighbors of treason or non-religious thoughtcrimes?	5	AskHistorians