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Why were Puerto Ricans but not Filipinos granted American citizenship?

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Are there any instances of rapes by by a victorious army soldiers being punished by their leaders in the Middle Ages?

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What coinage was used in the Papal states? Did the Popes mint their own coins?

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During Japan's Sengoku period is it known what proportion of the Daimyo were descended from earlier imperial bureaucrats or land administrators that had taken over power locally? Or were the Daimyo composed entirely of new upstart families after the collapse of central authority?

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Were the first German princes who converted to Protestantism actually doing it out of religious conviction or was it political shrewdness?

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Bactria was an important region in Antiquity and the Middle Ages, formed the core of several empires and was fought over by even more empires. So why doesn't it feature prominently in Afghan national consciousness? Why isn't Afghan nationalism built around reacquiring the prominence of Bactria?

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Why is Egyptian nationalism so heavily tied to Arab nationalism? Why didn't it develop independently?

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When did the British monarch stop having input on the speech to open parliament?

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How comparable are the collapses of the USSR and the western Roman Empire? Is it insane to look at them as analogous with the population decline and economic consequences of the USSR's collapse being an accelerated version of the gradual process that followed the fall of Roman administration?

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Why were the victims of witch-hunts mostly women?

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Why were Puerto Ricans but not Filipinos granted American citizenship?	6
Are there any instances of rapes by by a victorious army soldiers being punished by their leaders in the Middle Ages?	6
What coinage was used in the Papal states? Did the Popes mint their own coins?	6
During Japan's Sengoku period is it known what proportion of the Daimyo were descended from earlier imperial bureaucrats or land administrators that had taken over power locally? Or were the Daimyo composed entirely of new upstart families after the collapse of central authority?	6
Were the first German princes who converted to Protestantism actually doing it out of religious conviction or was it political shrewdness?	6
Bactria was an important region in Antiquity and the Middle Ages, formed the core of several empires and was fought over by even more empires. So why doesn't it feature prominently in Afghan national consciousness? Why isn't Afghan nationalism built around reacquiring the prominence of Bactria?	5
Why is Egyptian nationalism so heavily tied to Arab nationalism? Why didn't it develop independently?	5
When did the British monarch stop having input on the speech to open parliament?	5
How comparable are the collapses of the USSR and the western Roman Empire? Is it insane to look at them as analogous with the population decline and economic consequences of the USSR's collapse being an accelerated version of the gradual process that followed the fall of Roman administration?	5
Why were the victims of witch-hunts mostly women?	5