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Are there European or Muslims descriptions/mentions of Medieval West African kingdoms, likw how Classicals talked about Nubia and Aethiopia?

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How did Western Europeans go from having three names under the Roman Empire to being mononymical by the Middle Ages?

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Why was European scientific and philosophical production so little in the Middle Ages but then it boomed in the 16th-18th centuries?

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What was the role of chimps and gorillas in the culture of ancient African peoples and what did Europeans think when they first found about chimps and gorillas?

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Why was the American Westward expansion so incredibly fast, even before railroads?

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What did India and China know about the East African states and cities in pre-Modern times?

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Greek gods are portrayed as very human-like in personality; did contemporary priests ever complain about that?

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By the times Europeans got to Australia, what was the aborigines's relationship with dingoes? Were they being domesticated?

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The usual answer to why LATAM is more mixed-race than NA is that there was a higher population density there, but what about the regions that weren't that dense??

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Why were Black people formally segregated and discriminated upon in the US and South Africa, but not in Latin America?

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Are there European or Muslims descriptions/mentions of Medieval West African kingdoms, likw how Classicals talked about Nubia and Aethiopia?	14
How did Western Europeans go from having three names under the Roman Empire to being mononymical by the Middle Ages?	12
Why was European scientific and philosophical production so little in the Middle Ages but then it boomed in the 16th-18th centuries?	12
What was the role of chimps and gorillas in the culture of ancient African peoples and what did Europeans think when they first found about chimps and gorillas?	11
Why was the American Westward expansion so incredibly fast, even before railroads?	11
What did India and China know about the East African states and cities in pre-Modern times?	9
Greek gods are portrayed as very human-like in personality; did contemporary priests ever complain about that?	8
By the times Europeans got to Australia, what was the aborigines's relationship with dingoes? Were they being domesticated?	7
The usual answer to why LATAM is more mixed-race than NA is that there was a higher population density there, but what about the regions that weren't that dense??	7
Why were Black people formally segregated and discriminated upon in the US and South Africa, but not in Latin America?	6