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Why did Polynesians stop expanding? Also, why did they never settle Australia?

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What was pagan (500-600 AD) Arabic society like? Besides the incense and spice trade.

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Though the Popes left Avignon after Pope Gregory XI, Avignon remained under Papal control until the age of Napoleon. What might life have been like in Papal Avignon in its last century of existence?

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In the Middle Ages, most of Western and Northern Europe appeared to use patronymics (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, Leif Ericson, Nuno Álvares Pereira, Harold Godwinson, Maurice FitzGerald). These patronymics eventually became frozen into regular surnames. When and why did this happen?

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Why did the Roman Empire have three tiny provinces in the Alps? (Alpes Poeniae, Alpes Cottiae, and Alpes Maritimae).

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When 15-35 knights in the Order of Dobrzyń decided to march into pagan territory and attack Dobrzyń Land, how did they think they'd have a chance? Were they just very religiously motivated, or did they actually have very good armor and horses and were just unlucky?

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Why do we know so little about the ancient and medieval Albanians, despite their proximity to ancient Greece and Rome, the Byzantine Empire, and other advanced polities?

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What did Napoleon Bonaparte think of Joan of Arc?

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What were the fortifications of Tenochtitlan before Cortés' conquest?

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Were there any old Soviet plans for invading the West that were made public after its disintegration?

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Why did Polynesians stop expanding? Also, why did they never settle Australia?	640
What was pagan (500-600 AD) Arabic society like? Besides the incense and spice trade.	539
Though the Popes left Avignon after Pope Gregory XI, Avignon remained under Papal control until the age of Napoleon. What might life have been like in Papal Avignon in its last century of existence?	373
In the Middle Ages, most of Western and Northern Europe appeared to use patronymics (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, Leif Ericson, Nuno Álvares Pereira, Harold Godwinson, Maurice FitzGerald). These patronymics eventually became frozen into regular surnames. When and why did this happen?	349
Why did the Roman Empire have three tiny provinces in the Alps? (Alpes Poeniae, Alpes Cottiae, and Alpes Maritimae).	258
When 15-35 knights in the Order of Dobrzyń decided to march into pagan territory and attack Dobrzyń Land, how did they think they'd have a chance? Were they just very religiously motivated, or did they actually have very good armor and horses and were just unlucky?	220
Why do we know so little about the ancient and medieval Albanians, despite their proximity to ancient Greece and Rome, the Byzantine Empire, and other advanced polities?	204
What did Napoleon Bonaparte think of Joan of Arc?	170
What were the fortifications of Tenochtitlan before Cortés' conquest?	153
Were there any old Soviet plans for invading the West that were made public after its disintegration?	104