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How did German foods like hamburgers and frankfurters become more quintessentially "American" than English staples many of the original colonists would have been familiar with?

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Why did the military title of Roman monarchs, "Imperator", survive into modern times to designate the highest tier of leaders rather than the civic titles of "Dominus" or "Princeps"?

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Why did Latin become the universal liturgical language for most of Western Christianity prior to the reformation while in the East, Greek never took on the same role?

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When Henry VIII asked the pope for a divorce, was the pope the only person in the church who could grant them to anyone?

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How did the Mongols and other steppe people in the middle ages keep their horses from freezing to death?

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At the height of the Roman Empire in Trajan's time, would I be able to travel from one end to the other - say the Persian Gulf to Central Britain - and generally feel like I was in the same country in terms of language and culture?

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Prior to the ascension of Charlemagne (early-mid 700s), would people in Western Europe - and particularly the city of Rome - have thought of the Eastern Empire as the "Roman Empire"?

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How literate was the Arab world around the time of the early Caliphate?

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How did Hong Xiuquan and the other Taiping God-Worshipers view Western Christians?

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Why does Central America have a much higher percentage of people with indigenous ancestry than the US and Canada?

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How did German foods like hamburgers and frankfurters become more quintessentially "American" than English staples many of the original colonists would have been familiar with?	35	AskHistorians
Why did the military title of Roman monarchs, "Imperator", survive into modern times to designate the highest tier of leaders rather than the civic titles of "Dominus" or "Princeps"?	34	AskHistorians
Why did Latin become the universal liturgical language for most of Western Christianity prior to the reformation while in the East, Greek never took on the same role?	32	AskHistorians
When Henry VIII asked the pope for a divorce, was the pope the only person in the church who could grant them to anyone?	24	AskHistorians
How did the Mongols and other steppe people in the middle ages keep their horses from freezing to death?	22	AskHistorians
At the height of the Roman Empire in Trajan's time, would I be able to travel from one end to the other - say the Persian Gulf to Central Britain - and generally feel like I was in the same country in terms of language and culture?	22	AskHistorians
Prior to the ascension of Charlemagne (early-mid 700s), would people in Western Europe - and particularly the city of Rome - have thought of the Eastern Empire as the "Roman Empire"?	21	AskHistorians
How literate was the Arab world around the time of the early Caliphate?	18	AskHistorians
How did Hong Xiuquan and the other Taiping God-Worshipers view Western Christians?	17	AskHistorians
Why does Central America have a much higher percentage of people with indigenous ancestry than the US and Canada?	13	AskHistorians