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What is the reason why names like "Ivan" or "Vasily" are not rendered as "John" and "Basil" by historians but "Ioannes" and "Basileios" are?

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To What Extent Did the Western Attitudes Influence "Modern" Views of Homosexuality in East Asia?

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Did Thomas Jefferson have sexual relations with female slaves other than Sally Hemings?

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After the Fall of the Crusader States, What Happened to Their Frankish Population?

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When and how did Neo-Nazism become associated with white prison gang culture?

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Greenwich armours costed hundreds of pounds to produce- equivalent to hundreds of thousands to millions of pounds today. How much of this sum went to the craftsmen who made them, and what did they do with it?

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What did Republican and Communist China think of the concept of the "gentleman" (紳士) after the disestablishment of the Imperial system?

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A Romanian identity was attested since at least the early 16th century. How did Romanians of that time view the other "Romania" (i.e. the Byzantine Empire)?

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At Its Height, How Many Franks Lived in the Kingdom of Jerusalem?

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Did the Spanish make a note of how the Nahua word "teotl" sounds similar to "theos" and "deus"? Did this influence how they viewed Aztec cosmology, and did it affect their approach towards proselytization?

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What is the reason why names like "Ivan" or "Vasily" are not rendered as "John" and "Basil" by historians but "Ioannes" and "Basileios" are?	42
To What Extent Did the Western Attitudes Influence "Modern" Views of Homosexuality in East Asia?	42
Did Thomas Jefferson have sexual relations with female slaves other than Sally Hemings?	40
After the Fall of the Crusader States, What Happened to Their Frankish Population?	38
When and how did Neo-Nazism become associated with white prison gang culture?	30
Greenwich armours costed hundreds of pounds to produce- equivalent to hundreds of thousands to millions of pounds today. How much of this sum went to the craftsmen who made them, and what did they do with it?	30
What did Republican and Communist China think of the concept of the "gentleman" (紳士) after the disestablishment of the Imperial system?	30
A Romanian identity was attested since at least the early 16th century. How did Romanians of that time view the other "Romania" (i.e. the Byzantine Empire)?	29
At Its Height, How Many Franks Lived in the Kingdom of Jerusalem?	28
Did the Spanish make a note of how the Nahua word "teotl" sounds similar to "theos" and "deus"? Did this influence how they viewed Aztec cosmology, and did it affect their approach towards proselytization?	20