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How did rice become so relevant in the diet of Latin Americans?

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What did the ordinary people of Europe knew about the Americas during its colonial times?

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Are there records of some parts of colonial Spanish America where languages like Catalan, Basque, or Galician were spoken as much (or more) than Spanish?

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How did Portugal react to the Kingdom of Granada being conquered in 1492 by Castile and Aragon?

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If Castile and Aragon remained as two different kingdoms with their own autonomy, territories and administrative institutions until 1707, then why did Castile owned all the colonies in the Americas and Aragon didn't owned any?

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What did ordinary Europeans knew about the Americas when it was colonised by Europe

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If Europeans already knew that the Earth was round hundreds of years before Christ exists, why did it took so long for them to realize the Americas existed?

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Is there any evidence of an European empire trying to form something like EU in the past?

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Did people from Austria, Italy, the Netherlands or the HRE migrated to the Spanish American colonies?

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Why did most socialist revolutionaries came from wealthy families?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did rice become so relevant in the diet of Latin Americans?	235
What did the ordinary people of Europe knew about the Americas during its colonial times?	13
Are there records of some parts of colonial Spanish America where languages like Catalan, Basque, or Galician were spoken as much (or more) than Spanish?	10
How did Portugal react to the Kingdom of Granada being conquered in 1492 by Castile and Aragon?	8
If Castile and Aragon remained as two different kingdoms with their own autonomy, territories and administrative institutions until 1707, then why did Castile owned all the colonies in the Americas and Aragon didn't owned any?	6
What did ordinary Europeans knew about the Americas when it was colonised by Europe	5
If Europeans already knew that the Earth was round hundreds of years before Christ exists, why did it took so long for them to realize the Americas existed?	4
Is there any evidence of an European empire trying to form something like EU in the past?	2
Did people from Austria, Italy, the Netherlands or the HRE migrated to the Spanish American colonies?	2
Why did most socialist revolutionaries came from wealthy families?	1