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How exactly did the Council of Ten function in Venice during the 1400s? How precisely did it evolve over the years?

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Why did the Kamakura Government have so many layers of figurehead ? (Emperor, Shogun and after 1256 even the Shikken in a way) ?

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How much do we know about Kicho ? (Wife of Oda Nobunaga and Daughter of Saito Dosan)

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Did a Samurai really have to be descended from the Minamoto clan in order to claim the title of shogun ?

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Did Tokugawa Ieyasu retain a grudge towards Nobunaga regarding the incident that caused Ieyasu to execute his wife and son in 1579 ?

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How likely is the theory/rumor that Akechi Mitsuhide secretly survived the aftermath of the battle of Yamazaki and lived in disguise as a monk ?

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What is the relationship between the 1st Hojo Clan (Regents of Kamakura) and the 2nd one (Sengoku Hojo) ?

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Why was Mori Terumoto not present at the Battle of Sekigahara ?

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In the video game Assassin's Creed 2, a noble family close to the Medici-ruling family of Florence are accused, condemned, and executed within less than 24 hours, all of it somehow behind Lorenzo de' Medici's back and without any input from him. How likely was something like this to happen in 1476?

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Was Toyotomi Hidetsugu really planning a coup or was he only executed to make way for Hideyoshi's new heir?

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How exactly did the Council of Ten function in Venice during the 1400s? How precisely did it evolve over the years?	14
Why did the Kamakura Government have so many layers of figurehead ? (Emperor, Shogun and after 1256 even the Shikken in a way) ?	10
How much do we know about Kicho ? (Wife of Oda Nobunaga and Daughter of Saito Dosan)	6
Did a Samurai really have to be descended from the Minamoto clan in order to claim the title of shogun ?	6
Did Tokugawa Ieyasu retain a grudge towards Nobunaga regarding the incident that caused Ieyasu to execute his wife and son in 1579 ?	4
How likely is the theory/rumor that Akechi Mitsuhide secretly survived the aftermath of the battle of Yamazaki and lived in disguise as a monk ?	3
What is the relationship between the 1st Hojo Clan (Regents of Kamakura) and the 2nd one (Sengoku Hojo) ?	3
Why was Mori Terumoto not present at the Battle of Sekigahara ?	2
In the video game Assassin's Creed 2, a noble family close to the Medici-ruling family of Florence are accused, condemned, and executed within less than 24 hours, all of it somehow behind Lorenzo de' Medici's back and without any input from him. How likely was something like this to happen in 1476?	2
Was Toyotomi Hidetsugu really planning a coup or was he only executed to make way for Hideyoshi's new heir?	2