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Were Archimedes screws used in pre-modern times in the far east?

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Did Muslim states hire Western European knights as mercenaries before the Crusades?

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Is The King (2019) historically realistic?

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Why was Poland spared from the Black Death?

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Who believed the earth was flat?

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Who would have a good or fair command of Latin in medieval Western Europe?

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Who was the oldest woman to give birth in the Medieval Europe that we know of?

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Was it possible to “aim for the epaulette boys” during the Middle Ages?

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Can anyone explain why the Scottish flag on this map from 1504 has a red cross on a white background?

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Were medieval and renaissance era jesters commonly disabled?

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Did healers in medieval Europe use moldy bread in poultices for wounds?

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How would a king's servants prove that they are on a task given by the king?

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Is there a difference between “post-medieval” and “modern”?

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Was there a law forbidding kingdoms in the Holy Roman Empire?

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