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How did Hungary, a land-locked Eastern European country that spent a little over a century under Ottoman subjugation... end up becoming one of the internationally renowned produces of paprika, an american vegetable/spice?	2442
Why in the U.S, all non-catholic denominations are simply called "protestant"? In Hungary, calling a Calvinist "protestant" rather than "Reformat" is considered almost an insult.	406
As a commoner in a city, or a serf in the country - could I have joined a monastery as a monk/nun to avoid harrassment/abuse due to "not fitting in"? (1200-1400 AD)	140
Could a married woman become a nun without her husband's approval in 1100-1500s Western Europe? For instance, to run-away from domestic violence.	57
Why were delinquent movies & TV shows so popular in 1980's japan?	45
Was Cossack (Ruthenian) democracy truly a democracy? How far did it reach in terms of suffrage?	35
When tribal nomads like the Hungarians conquer a piece of land and settle it, how was land and obligations divided? Did everyone become nobility, while the natives were pressed into serfdom, or were members of the migrating tribe also become serfs?	27
During the period of 1200-1400, was it possible for a commoner in Europe to become a scholar through academic pilgrimage, like it was in the Golden Age of Islam for muslim commoners?	27
How did nomadic people like the magyars, huns and mongols arms themselves with steel armour and weaponry, if the extraction, refinement and forging of steel requires dedicated townships to execute?	26
What was life like as a common woman in Nassau, during the period of the Pirate Republic?	25

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