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Why was the black death so much more devastating in Europe than it seems to have been in Asia/Africa?

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In latin america (at least in my country) we are taught at school that unlike other European colonies, Spanish colonies in the Americas went through a process of miscegenation. How was this process and why did it took place? NSFW

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How did noble families became noble in the first place?

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After the defeat of the kingdom of Jerusalem at the battle of Hattin, as far as we know, the crusaders, knights among them, who surrendered were taken prisoner and later sold as slaves. Is there any hint to what happened to said knights afterwards?

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Saint Patrick in his confessio talks about walking through a deserted area for 28 days until they came across other people. How was this possible? Is this representative of the population density of Western Europe at the time(v century)? Was this a specific region with very low population?

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were the normans that invaded england still viking/Scandinavian to any extent?

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In the communist manifesto (I. bourgeois and proletarians) Marx when describing the arrangement of society in the past he writes "In ancient Rome we have patricians, knights. Plebeians, slaves;(...)". Why does he place knights in ancient Rome?

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Did people in the USSR party?

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In latin america (at least in my country) we are taught at school that unlike other European colonies, Spanish colonies in the Americas went through a process of miscegenation. How was this process and why did it took place? NSFW

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Why was the black death so much more devastating in Europe than it seems to have been in Asia/Africa?	921	AskHistorians
In latin america (at least in my country) we are taught at school that unlike other European colonies, Spanish colonies in the Americas went through a process of miscegenation. How was this process and why did it took place? NSFW	71	AskHistorians
How did noble families became noble in the first place?	37	AskHistorians
After the defeat of the kingdom of Jerusalem at the battle of Hattin, as far as we know, the crusaders, knights among them, who surrendered were taken prisoner and later sold as slaves. Is there any hint to what happened to said knights afterwards?	37	AskHistorians
Saint Patrick in his confessio talks about walking through a deserted area for 28 days until they came across other people. How was this possible? Is this representative of the population density of Western Europe at the time(v century)? Was this a specific region with very low population?	22	AskHistorians
were the normans that invaded england still viking/Scandinavian to any extent?	19	AskHistorians
In the communist manifesto (I. bourgeois and proletarians) Marx when describing the arrangement of society in the past he writes "In ancient Rome we have patricians, knights. Plebeians, slaves;(...)". Why does he place knights in ancient Rome?	17	AskHistorians
Did people in the USSR party?	3	AskHistorians
In latin america (at least in my country) we are taught at school that unlike other European colonies, Spanish colonies in the Americas went through a process of miscegenation. How was this process and why did it took place? NSFW	1	AskHistorians