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The lease of Hong Kong's New Territories was for a period of 99 years. Why specifically that long?

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Why did the Spanish Empire collapse?

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A work of Alternate History I read revolving around Revolutionary activity in the 1830s UK had their Chartists including the abolishment of the Common Law within their demands. Is this Historical, and if so what drove Anti-Common-Law Sentiment in the period?

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I've heard the medieval (well, I believe in a specifically Medieval Catholic context) era as being one of "Institutional Anarchy." What does this concept entail and to what extent was Medieval Europe in a state of Institutional Anarchy?

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It is early 1600s England; I, an English man, have just accused a woman of being a Witch. Whom am I likely to be accusing, and why? How do I officially accuse them? What happens now?

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Was (and if so, why was,) IJN Damage control during WW2 Sub-par?

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How did the APC and the IFV change warfare?

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Alternate phrasing: How much social significance did the Ancient Greeks/Romans attach to female virginity?

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When did newly independent countries stop becoming Monarchies and start becoming Republics?

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What was the effect of Vietnam War on the Armed Forces of the United States?

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The lease of Hong Kong's New Territories was for a period of 99 years. Why specifically that long?	9
Why did the Spanish Empire collapse?	9
A work of Alternate History I read revolving around Revolutionary activity in the 1830s UK had their Chartists including the abolishment of the Common Law within their demands. Is this Historical, and if so what drove Anti-Common-Law Sentiment in the period?	9
I've heard the medieval (well, I believe in a specifically Medieval Catholic context) era as being one of "Institutional Anarchy." What does this concept entail and to what extent was Medieval Europe in a state of Institutional Anarchy?	8
It is early 1600s England; I, an English man, have just accused a woman of being a Witch. Whom am I likely to be accusing, and why? How do I officially accuse them? What happens now?	8
Was (and if so, why was,) IJN Damage control during WW2 Sub-par?	7
How did the APC and the IFV change warfare?	7
Alternate phrasing: How much social significance did the Ancient Greeks/Romans attach to female virginity?	7
When did newly independent countries stop becoming Monarchies and start becoming Republics?	7
What was the effect of Vietnam War on the Armed Forces of the United States?	7