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Did the Portuguese mission to China in 1516 fail because of the letter written by King Manuel I addressed the Emperor as an equal? Or did it fail because the Portugese were building forts on Chinese territory and kidnapping children?

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How did the nomadic Magyars society change to adapt to settled life after their conquest of Hungary?

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Why did Europeans go through so much trouble to import slaves from Africa, instead of simply enslaving other Europeans and shipping them to their plantations in the colonies?

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Why were Greek women the preferred bodyguards of Indian royalty?

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Why did the People's Republic of China order Project 523 (Finding new drugs to fight malaria) when anti malarial drugs like Quinine and Chloroquine were already available?

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Why are landlocked countries like Mongolia and Switzerland members of the International Whaling Commission? Surely they have no whaling industry to speak of.

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The Vikings Eastern trade routes passes through the lands of the Khazars, Pechengs, and Volga Bulgarians. What sort of interactions did the Scandinavians and Steppe Peoples have?

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How did the descendants of Montezuma II become Spanish nobility?

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Romans used Asbestos to make towels, napkins, and head scarves. Did they have higher rates of cancer? Do we find Roman graves with high concentrations of Asbestos?

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What sort of food would a Han Dynasty Emperor eat?

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Did the Portuguese mission to China in 1516 fail because of the letter written by King Manuel I addressed the Emperor as an equal? Or did it fail because the Portugese were building forts on Chinese territory and kidnapping children?	24
How did the nomadic Magyars society change to adapt to settled life after their conquest of Hungary?	24
Why did Europeans go through so much trouble to import slaves from Africa, instead of simply enslaving other Europeans and shipping them to their plantations in the colonies?	24
Why were Greek women the preferred bodyguards of Indian royalty?	23
Why did the People's Republic of China order Project 523 (Finding new drugs to fight malaria) when anti malarial drugs like Quinine and Chloroquine were already available?	23
Why are landlocked countries like Mongolia and Switzerland members of the International Whaling Commission? Surely they have no whaling industry to speak of.	23
The Vikings Eastern trade routes passes through the lands of the Khazars, Pechengs, and Volga Bulgarians. What sort of interactions did the Scandinavians and Steppe Peoples have?	23
How did the descendants of Montezuma II become Spanish nobility?	23
Romans used Asbestos to make towels, napkins, and head scarves. Did they have higher rates of cancer? Do we find Roman graves with high concentrations of Asbestos?	22
What sort of food would a Han Dynasty Emperor eat?	22