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The Kingdom of Chimor (900-1470) recorded that its first king arrived sailing from the west. Do historians think there is any truth to this story, and if so, where might their king have come from?
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Russia first conquered land east of the Ural Mountains in 1582; by 1647, it had already established Okhotsk on the Pacific coast. What prompted this incredible pace of exploration, especially in a place as remote as Siberia?
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Why are sheep so common in Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, but not in British North American colonies?
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Where the idea of “Oceania” originate? Who came up with the idea to put Australia, New Guinea, and the Pacific islands under a single label?
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Russia first conquered land east of the Ural Mountains in 1582; by 1647, it had already established Okhotsk on the Pacific coast. What prompted this incredible pace of exploration, especially in a place as remote as Siberia?
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At independence, around half of Mexico’s population spoke Spanish as a first language. Today, more than 90% do, while indigenous languages are spoken by small minorities. What led to such a remarkable change?
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Before European colonialism, how much contact was there within sub-Saharan Africa? Would an Ethiopian know about what was going on in Mali or Zimbabwe?
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How interconnected was Siberia/North Asia to other parts of the continent before Russian colonization? Did Chinese or Japanese traders travel to Siberia, and if so how far did they travel?
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