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What was the state of affairs in Austria and imperial capital of Vienna during the Thirty Years War?

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In the 19th and especially early 20th centuries it seems to have been a relatively common practice for immigrants to America to adjust their surnames to seem more assimilated, are there other examples of this happening in other countries throughout history or is this a unique phenomenon?

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How was vast would the technological and educational difference in the 16th century or thereabouts be between residents of a fairly cosmopolitan city and those of the remote country side?

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I've heard it said that in pre-industrial common-law if one could build a house on land between sunrise and sunset then they could legally have a claim to it was this ever the case, how was this enforced and how long would it have taken to actually build a house?

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Did Cuba, a former colonial possession itself, object to their ally, the USSR's rampant colonialism in Asian Russia?

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When did the concept of Germans as one people as opposed to various groups speaking the same or very closely related languages come about?

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Was Halloween, All Hallows Eve or some other variant of the progenitor of the modern holiday observed during the 16th century and to what extent?

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Before the Protestant Reformation when religious tensions made witch trials a relatively frequent occurrence, what folk beliefs were held about Witches and witchcraft?

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In the Washington Irving story "Rip Van Winkel" a man falls asleep and upon awakening discovers 20 years or more have passed, obviously such a thing isn't really possible but suppose someone in 1930 fell asleep and woke up in 1950, would they recognize the world they were in at all?

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How would life change for a middle class tradesperson in Florence during the later years of it's republic up to it's final demise when the city-state became a duchy? (1494-1532)

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What was the state of affairs in Austria and imperial capital of Vienna during the Thirty Years War?	2	AskHistorians
In the 19th and especially early 20th centuries it seems to have been a relatively common practice for immigrants to America to adjust their surnames to seem more assimilated, are there other examples of this happening in other countries throughout history or is this a unique phenomenon?	2	AskHistorians
How was vast would the technological and educational difference in the 16th century or thereabouts be between residents of a fairly cosmopolitan city and those of the remote country side?	2	AskHistorians
I've heard it said that in pre-industrial common-law if one could build a house on land between sunrise and sunset then they could legally have a claim to it was this ever the case, how was this enforced and how long would it have taken to actually build a house?	1	AskHistorians
Did Cuba, a former colonial possession itself, object to their ally, the USSR's rampant colonialism in Asian Russia?	1	AskHistorians
When did the concept of Germans as one people as opposed to various groups speaking the same or very closely related languages come about?	1	AskHistorians
Was Halloween, All Hallows Eve or some other variant of the progenitor of the modern holiday observed during the 16th century and to what extent?	1	AskHistorians
Before the Protestant Reformation when religious tensions made witch trials a relatively frequent occurrence, what folk beliefs were held about Witches and witchcraft?	1	AskHistorians
In the Washington Irving story "Rip Van Winkel" a man falls asleep and upon awakening discovers 20 years or more have passed, obviously such a thing isn't really possible but suppose someone in 1930 fell asleep and woke up in 1950, would they recognize the world they were in at all?	1	AskHistorians
How would life change for a middle class tradesperson in Florence during the later years of it's republic up to it's final demise when the city-state became a duchy? (1494-1532)	1	AskHistorians