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Apparently, American merchants in Canton in the 1830s commissioned locals to make bats and balls to play baseball with. Where would they even have done this? Did other Western traders play sports in Canton at this time?

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In the 14th century, the English Parliament normally met twice a year, yet by the early 17th century Parliament might only be convened once every couple of years. How did the frequency of Parliaments come to decline so much?

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Did Puritans during the reign of King Charles I actually boycott soap for being 'popish'? Was this purely an issue in England or did hardline Calvinists in Scotland act similarly?

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Did Orson Welles have anything to say about Jeff Wayne's adaptation of War of the Worlds?

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In the closing stages of the Boshin War, the Imperial army that landed on Hokkaido had to deal with two modern forts that had been built in the 1860s: a high-walled coastal for (the Benten Daiba) and a Vauban-style star fort (the Goryokaku). Why and how were they built?

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Several key Qing institutions and practices, such as the annual hunt and the Banner system, were evolutions of a tradition of smaller-scale hunting established by the Jurchens. Did the earlier Jin Dynasty have similar practices, or does the emergence of a hunting-based Jurchen society postdate them?

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18th century muskets were generally produced without front or rear sights, but it seems to have been common for soldiers to improvise, using bayonet lugs as a front sight and with a groove cut at the rear of the barrel to line up. Why didn't most muskets get made with sights to begin with?

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What were relations like between the Golden Horde and the Teutonic Order?

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How did MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) schemes come about?

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What were Mary Whitehouse and the Nationwide Festival of Light actually aiming to achieve, if anything? Were they at all successful in doing so?

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Apparently, American merchants in Canton in the 1830s commissioned locals to make bats and balls to play baseball with. Where would they even have done this? Did other Western traders play sports in Canton at this time?	7	AskHistorians
In the 14th century, the English Parliament normally met twice a year, yet by the early 17th century Parliament might only be convened once every couple of years. How did the frequency of Parliaments come to decline so much?	7	AskHistorians
Did Puritans during the reign of King Charles I actually boycott soap for being 'popish'? Was this purely an issue in England or did hardline Calvinists in Scotland act similarly?	7	AskHistorians
Did Orson Welles have anything to say about Jeff Wayne's adaptation of War of the Worlds?	7	AskHistorians
In the closing stages of the Boshin War, the Imperial army that landed on Hokkaido had to deal with two modern forts that had been built in the 1860s: a high-walled coastal for (the Benten Daiba) and a Vauban-style star fort (the Goryokaku). Why and how were they built?	6	AskHistorians
Several key Qing institutions and practices, such as the annual hunt and the Banner system, were evolutions of a tradition of smaller-scale hunting established by the Jurchens. Did the earlier Jin Dynasty have similar practices, or does the emergence of a hunting-based Jurchen society postdate them?	6	AskHistorians
18th century muskets were generally produced without front or rear sights, but it seems to have been common for soldiers to improvise, using bayonet lugs as a front sight and with a groove cut at the rear of the barrel to line up. Why didn't most muskets get made with sights to begin with?	6	AskHistorians
What were relations like between the Golden Horde and the Teutonic Order?	6	AskHistorians
How did MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) schemes come about?	6	AskHistorians
What were Mary Whitehouse and the Nationwide Festival of Light actually aiming to achieve, if anything? Were they at all successful in doing so?	6	AskHistorians