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Bookmark or Share- middle ages - Was the Maltese Falcon a real historical artifact ...Am wondering if any of this is true (Hammett, The Maltese Falcon, p. 150). "The archives of the Order from the twelfth century on are still at Malta. They are not intact, but what is there holds no less than three"—he held up three fingers—"referenees that can't be to anything else but this jeweled falcon.
- Oppression of non-ethnic Hungarians in Hungary pre 1800sI was reading about Magyarization and it is noted that this process only began in the 1800s. However, I was wondering about earlier oppression of Romanians specifically in the Transylvania regions ...
- Why didn't the Ottomans besiege Malta after 1565?The Great Siege of Malta didn't work out but one would think that given the crucial strategic position of Malta, the Ottomans would have made another attempt at a later date. Why didn't that happen?
- age of sail - Why did people stop building square-rigged ships ...Actually it is still done (e.g. the Maltese Falcon) – Manu H. Commented Mar 13, 2019 at 10:23
- Which European Languages are not Indo-European?Since the question is about non-Indo-European influence in Europe, which does occur in Maltese, I think Maltese should be included, for the Semitic half. So, on balance, I think Maltese should be included, as it contains a significant amount of Semitic in somewhere that is substantially European.
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