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How long did it take Japan to learn of the discovery of the New World? What did the Japanese leaders of the time think of it?

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Was life notably different for people living in the Papal State compared to Medieval/Renaissance monarchies? Did peasants in the Papal State feel loyalty to their country? Was there ever a "papal identity," so to speak?

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Why did the North African Barbary/Maghreb states not participate in the rush to colonize the new world?

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Was there ever a time when most ethnically/linguistically Arab people were Jewish?

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What is the history of the South Asian head bobble gesture? How did it get so ingrained in the Indian cultural sphere, and why did it never expand outside it?

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When I see pictures of commuters/workers in the 1940s and 50s, almost all men seem to wear fedora-style hats. But I've had to wear that type of hat for a theater production in cold weather, and it left my head and ears very cold. What would a working man have worn to keep his head warm?

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How did "tea," (as in a light meal in the mid afternoon) become a thing in Britain, but not in North America?

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I have heard that French was the "court language" of many Renaissance monarchies outside of France, such as Scotland and Russia. What, in concrete terms, did this mean? Why was the use of French so widespread?

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Did the medieval era have any reverse Marco Polos? That is, did any explorers from the Far East or Subsaharan Africa travel to Europe and popularized their adventures?

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Given hat the Christian calendar counts from the alleged birth of Christ, why are Christmas and New Years not on the same day?

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How long did it take Japan to learn of the discovery of the New World? What did the Japanese leaders of the time think of it?	67
Was life notably different for people living in the Papal State compared to Medieval/Renaissance monarchies? Did peasants in the Papal State feel loyalty to their country? Was there ever a "papal identity," so to speak?	48
Why did the North African Barbary/Maghreb states not participate in the rush to colonize the new world?	39
Was there ever a time when most ethnically/linguistically Arab people were Jewish?	21
What is the history of the South Asian head bobble gesture? How did it get so ingrained in the Indian cultural sphere, and why did it never expand outside it?	20
When I see pictures of commuters/workers in the 1940s and 50s, almost all men seem to wear fedora-style hats. But I've had to wear that type of hat for a theater production in cold weather, and it left my head and ears very cold. What would a working man have worn to keep his head warm?	15
How did "tea," (as in a light meal in the mid afternoon) become a thing in Britain, but not in North America?	15
I have heard that French was the "court language" of many Renaissance monarchies outside of France, such as Scotland and Russia. What, in concrete terms, did this mean? Why was the use of French so widespread?	11
Did the medieval era have any reverse Marco Polos? That is, did any explorers from the Far East or Subsaharan Africa travel to Europe and popularized their adventures?	9
Given hat the Christian calendar counts from the alleged birth of Christ, why are Christmas and New Years not on the same day?	9