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What's the difference between feudalism, manorialism, and seigneurialism? I know this question has been asked in re: feudalism and manorialism before, but I can't find an answer about seigneurialism.

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How is it that Buddhism successfully spread to China and the far east, but Hinduism did not?

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Why Was the Mongolian Horse Archer Such a Successful Military Unit? In What Proportions Did the Mongol Horde Have Units Besides Horse Archers?

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How did the US Gov't collect taxes before the IRS was created in 1913?

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Wikipedia says Sukrano was renamed after surviving a childhood illness, per Javanese custom. What is the history of this custom? Did the custom dictate what name the child was to receive somehow?

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Western pirates hoisted the Jolly Roger. Were there similarly traditional pirate flags used by pirates of other cultures?

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I recently read that a number of black communities in America looked unfavorably upon certain aspects of school desegregation, particularly forced busing. Could someone give me a historical synopsis of black opposition to school desegregation from the 1960s through the 1980s?

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Was there actually a migration of hippies to the west coast in the sixties, or is that just a romantic myth?

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Why were five percenters so influential on early hip-hop?

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Why was the Ottoman Empire better able to fend off European colonialist incursions than the Safavid Empire and its various successor states?

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What's the difference between feudalism, manorialism, and seigneurialism? I know this question has been asked in re: feudalism and manorialism before, but I can't find an answer about seigneurialism.	22
How is it that Buddhism successfully spread to China and the far east, but Hinduism did not?	21
Why Was the Mongolian Horse Archer Such a Successful Military Unit? In What Proportions Did the Mongol Horde Have Units Besides Horse Archers?	19
How did the US Gov't collect taxes before the IRS was created in 1913?	18
Wikipedia says Sukrano was renamed after surviving a childhood illness, per Javanese custom. What is the history of this custom? Did the custom dictate what name the child was to receive somehow?	18
Western pirates hoisted the Jolly Roger. Were there similarly traditional pirate flags used by pirates of other cultures?	18
I recently read that a number of black communities in America looked unfavorably upon certain aspects of school desegregation, particularly forced busing. Could someone give me a historical synopsis of black opposition to school desegregation from the 1960s through the 1980s?	16
Was there actually a migration of hippies to the west coast in the sixties, or is that just a romantic myth?	16
Why were five percenters so influential on early hip-hop?	16
Why was the Ottoman Empire better able to fend off European colonialist incursions than the Safavid Empire and its various successor states?	16