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In the Middle Ages and Early Modern Era, if peasants were legally bound to their land, how did people manage to immigrate to cities or move?

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Did any country in the Americas ever consider joining the USA?

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In medieval Western Europe, were matrilineal marriages ever arranged to prevent the extinction of a dynasty?

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Did any Ottoman sultans ever use their role as Caliph in any significant political or religious way?

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How were Medieval populations distributed? Did everyone live in a village with fields surrounding it? Or did some people live on lone farms like the American Midwest?

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In Pakistan, many women are in the government, but mainly because they belong to political or landlord families. Does high-status/class women wielding power or influence have a history among subcontinent Muslims?

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When did local lords lose their political authority in England?

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Burgundy was a major European player from the early Middle Ages up until the early modern era when it was inherited by the Habsburgs. How much of this had to do with the actual region of Bourgogne? Was it especially populated or productive that made it prominent?

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Initial Chinese migration to the US was heavily male, right? So after the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, how were they able to find brides? Was intermarriage common?

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When declaring the old Arab goddesses Uzza, Manat and Al-Lat as nonexistent, the Qu'ran says that there are numerous angels none of whom bear female names. This seems to imply that other traditional male deities might actually exist as angels. Was this position ever taken by Islamic theologians?

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In the Middle Ages and Early Modern Era, if peasants were legally bound to their land, how did people manage to immigrate to cities or move?	38
Did any country in the Americas ever consider joining the USA?	37
In medieval Western Europe, were matrilineal marriages ever arranged to prevent the extinction of a dynasty?	37
Did any Ottoman sultans ever use their role as Caliph in any significant political or religious way?	36
How were Medieval populations distributed? Did everyone live in a village with fields surrounding it? Or did some people live on lone farms like the American Midwest?	35
In Pakistan, many women are in the government, but mainly because they belong to political or landlord families. Does high-status/class women wielding power or influence have a history among subcontinent Muslims?	34
When did local lords lose their political authority in England?	32
Burgundy was a major European player from the early Middle Ages up until the early modern era when it was inherited by the Habsburgs. How much of this had to do with the actual region of Bourgogne? Was it especially populated or productive that made it prominent?	32
Initial Chinese migration to the US was heavily male, right? So after the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, how were they able to find brides? Was intermarriage common?	31
When declaring the old Arab goddesses Uzza, Manat and Al-Lat as nonexistent, the Qu'ran says that there are numerous angels none of whom bear female names. This seems to imply that other traditional male deities might actually exist as angels. Was this position ever taken by Islamic theologians?	31