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Given that a major objective of the Burgundian Wars was the geographical connection of the Northern and Southern Burgundian lands, how did the Dukes of Burgundy administer their non-contiguous holdings prior to the reign of Charles the Bold?	16
What was the relationship between the urban societies of the Silk Road cities like Bukhara and Samarkand and the nomadic societies of the Central Asian Steppe?	16
How did the Rajputs go from being the principal rivals of the Mughal Empire to being its strongest upholders? How did this change play out politically within the Rajput states?	15
How was knighthood granted in Italy? If, for example, a Florentine were to be granted knighthood would the title be given by authorities in the Republic or the Holy Roman Emperor? Would Venetian knights have been knighted by the Doge?	14
The Pennsylvania Dutch came to America early on (17th-18th century), whereas the bulk of German immigration seems to have happened later on in the 19th century, how did these different cohorts of Germanic immigrants interact with one another?	11
How did the Rajputs go from being the principal rivals of the Mughal Empire to being its strongest upholders? How did this change play out politically within the Rajput states?	11
The Grey and Black Musketeers of France were named for the color of their horses, as were the Scots Greys. Was it logistically challenging to assemble large numbers of mounts of the same coat color?	10
How did the Howard family get along with the Stewart Monarchs?	10
The title of Duke is relatively new in England, having been created by Edward III. How would English Dukes and their Continental counterparts viewed each-other? Would a Duke of Norfolk have been considered an equal in rank to a Duke of Limburg, for example?	8
If one objective of the Burgundian Wars was the geographical connection of the Northern and Southern Burgundian lands, how did the Dukes of Burgundy administer their non-contiguous holdings prior to the reign of Charles the Bold?	7

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