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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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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?	228
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?	84
Why are sheep so common in Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, but not in British North American colonies?	67
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?	42
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?	37
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?	28
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?	9
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?	9