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Well known is the pan-European influence of Shakespeare from the 18th c. onward. Was Chaucer known or respected outside Britain before the 19th c.?	11
How has Mexico managed to develop a multi-party political system, despite having a presidential system with legislative and executive branches structured very similarly to their US counterparts?	11
When did classes cease to be given in Latin at Oxford and Cambridge?	11
The states of Georgia, Maryland, New York, North and South Carolina, and Virginia are all named for British royals. Why weren't their names changed following American independence? Was there any documented interest in changing them for this reason?	11
Is Tudor architecture considered the final development of English Gothic architecture? It seems to me to have much more in common with Late Medieval architecture than with the very Neo-Classical buildings seen in large numbers by the end of the 16th century.	11
Back when the US vice president was whoever got the second most votes in the presidential election, how well did presidents get along with their VPs? As badly as we'd expect in our own highly partisan era? Or were they able to put their parties aside and work well together after the election?	11
Do Southern US debutante balls and Mexican quinceañera celebrations have a common origin?	11
I know remarriage was common among widow(er)s of all ages in Medieval Europe. Was it deemed wrong or sinful for persons who remarried after the age of fertility to have sex (since they couldn't claim their sex was for reproductive purposes) ? Was there any divide between clerical and lay opinion?	11
Why were apparently no Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) founded in the Western or Northeastern US?	11
How did the Maniot Greeks manage to remain pagan until the ninth century AD, given how early other Greeks were Christianized?	10

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