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Around 1700, Scotland attempted to start a small colony in Panama, in an area Spain had claimed. They were forced out after a Spanish blockade. Did the Scots anticipate this response? If so, why did they still attempt to create this colony?

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Of the areas of the world that are today predominantly Muslim, which areas were brought into the Muslim sphere through conquest, and which through proselytization/intermarriage/trade routes/etc?

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What do you think of this account claiming that the Irish Potato Famine was actually an intentional famine depopulation campaign that was covered up as a potato crop failure?

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Around 1700, Scotland attempted to start a small colony in Panama, in an area Spain had claimed. They were forced out after a Spanish blockade. Did the Scots anticipate this response? If so, why did they still attempt to create this colony?	696
Of the areas of the world that are today predominantly Muslim, which areas were brought into the Muslim sphere through conquest, and which through proselytization/intermarriage/trade routes/etc?	16
What do you think of this account claiming that the Irish Potato Famine was actually an intentional famine depopulation campaign that was covered up as a potato crop failure?	5