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According to Islamic tradition, on the same year Muhammad was born, an army with war elephants tried to attack Mecca but failed. Did this really happen, and what's the real story behind it?
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In the Song of Roland, Muslims were said to worship an 'unholy trinity' consisting of Mahomet, Apollyon and Termagant. What did the average person in medieval France know about Islam and Muslims?
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The Romans tended to associate other cultures' faiths with their own. Why did this not happen with Judaism/Christianity or Zoroastrianism? Why did the Romans not assume YHVH or Ahura Mazda was, for example, an interpretation of Jupiter?
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What is known about the historical King Gilgamesh of Uruk? What did he do to deserve being immortalized in an epic poem?
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I am an average Greek-speaking man living in 642 AD Constantinople, Byzantine Empire. How much do I know and what is my opinion about these scary new invaders who just conquered Egypt?
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What exactly was Athenian democracy? Was it truly as radically democratic as popularly imagined? Was it unique was it among other Greek states?
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Bolghars and Turks are both Turkic peoples who migrated into the Balkans and formed their own powerful empires in the area. Why did the Bolghars totally assimilate into modern-day Bulgarians while Turks retained much of their own culture and identity?
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We always hear about how the Silk Road benefited the Middle East and Europe. But how did this trade network affect the Chinese?
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