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Mecca and Medina are closed off to non-Muslims. Is this a recent rule put in by the Al-Saud or have non-Muslims always been prohibited from entering the two holy cities?

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The book 1177 BC by Eric Cline claims that the only source of Tin for Bronze Age civilizations was in Afghanistan. What contemporary civilization existed in Afghanistan? How did the Tin get transported all the way to the Mediterranean?

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Did any aspects of Byzantine governance/administration get adopted by the Ottomans after their conquest of the Byzantine empire?

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Mecca and Medina are closed off to non-Muslims. Is this a recent rule put in by the Al-Saud or have non-Muslims always been prohibited from entering the two holy cities?	529
The book 1177 BC by Eric Cline claims that the only source of Tin for Bronze Age civilizations was in Afghanistan. What contemporary civilization existed in Afghanistan? How did the Tin get transported all the way to the Mediterranean?	38
Did any aspects of Byzantine governance/administration get adopted by the Ottomans after their conquest of the Byzantine empire?	2