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When the Church of England broke away from the Papacy in 1558, all but two Irish bishops followed. Ireland also passed similar acts regarding Catholicism as England and Scotland. Why did Catholicism win out in Ireland but not the rest of Britain?	41
The ghost girl or demon in the guise of a girl is a staple of Japanese horror films. How far back does this go and does it have roots in Japanese myth?	41
Do historians accept Grady McWhiney's claim that the South was heavily influenced by Celtic culture, and that the US Civil War was partly born out of hostility between a Celtic South and an English North? This seems wrong to me given how Irish and Scottish immigrants impacted the northeast US	41
I'm a very young Ottoman prince whose mother is part of the harem BUT she aspires for me to be Sultan one day. What is her role in my upbringing and how close is our relationship in comparison to modern ideas about how active parents should be with their children?	40
Did aristocratic Romans really frequent orgies like in HBO's Rome and other media?	38
What was it like growing old in Ancient Greece or Rome? How were the elderly treated and perceived? What kind of geriatric care existed?	36
As I understand it many countries in Africa have a lively beer industry. What is the history of African beer, its origins, and its modernization?	36
US media (film, games etc) is often considered to be especially violent and based on power fantasies compared to film in some other countries. How long has this been the case? Is it rooted in the film industry, or was early US literature seen this way?	35
Was the Kingdom of Pontus a serious threat to the Roman Republic's domination of the Hellenistic East? Is Mithridates VI comparable to say, Perseus of Macedon or Cleopatra VII as a threat to Rome's eastern interests?	34
We often hear of gangs in ancient Rome, but how similar were they to our modern understanding of "gangs"?	34

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