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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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What factors were present in the USSR that weren't in China that led to the USSR collapsing but China's Communist party retaining power?

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How or why did the Habsburgs manage to get elected consistently as Holy Roman Emperors? Were all the elections guaranteed or were some hotly contested?

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Was the Indo-Gangetic plain covered by tropical rainforest before human activity?

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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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According to Wikipedia, Joan of Arc's father owned 50 acres. That seems like a lot of land, was it?

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

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Question about the Mughal ban on allowing Princesses to marry - Why did Aurangzeb's daughters marry?

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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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Before the invention of wooden/leather/hollow gourd canteens - how did hominids drink water? Would they visit a watering hole and just drink a gallon of water at once for the entire day?

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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?	6	AskHistorians
What factors were present in the USSR that weren't in China that led to the USSR collapsing but China's Communist party retaining power?	6	AskHistorians
How or why did the Habsburgs manage to get elected consistently as Holy Roman Emperors? Were all the elections guaranteed or were some hotly contested?	6	AskHistorians
Was the Indo-Gangetic plain covered by tropical rainforest before human activity?	6	askscience
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	AskHistorians
According to Wikipedia, Joan of Arc's father owned 50 acres. That seems like a lot of land, was it?	6	AskHistorians
What coinage was used in the Papal states? Did the Popes mint their own coins?	6	AskHistorians
Question about the Mughal ban on allowing Princesses to marry - Why did Aurangzeb's daughters marry?	6	AskHistorians
Are there any instances of rapes by by a victorious army soldiers being punished by their leaders in the Middle Ages?	6	AskHistorians
Before the invention of wooden/leather/hollow gourd canteens - how did hominids drink water? Would they visit a watering hole and just drink a gallon of water at once for the entire day?	5	askscience