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Out of the all the various Rus Princedoms, why was it the Muscovites that became the dominant force? What advantages did they have?
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Mathematical concepts like zero and the sine and cosine were developed in India in the Gupta Empire. For what reasons was the Gupta Empire hotbed for the development and improvement of mathematics?
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Why do Medievalists dislike the term "Feudalism" ? What were relations in Medieval period truly like?
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'Efendi' was an honorific used in Late Ottoman Empire. What did it took to become an 'Efendi'? Was there a formal process?
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The area from the Azov to Caspian, north of Caucauses, used to be inhabited by various Tatar, Circassian, and other people. Today Russian ethnicity is dominant. Yet the Republic of Kalmykia remain predominantly Kalmyk. How did Kalmyks avoid being supplanted by the Russians?
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Karl Marx wasn't as outright hostile towards religion as many inspired by him. How did most Marxist ideologies end up being so hostile towards religion?
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Britain has several Chartered Companies that often were granted monopolies and other privileges on some geographic region, the East Indies Company being the chief and most notorious among these. Why did the British government decide to grant such privileges to so many companies?
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The X-Files was a popular TV-Show in the 1990s with a heavy emphasis on the government conspiracies. What kind of social situation lead to the popularity of such a show?
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