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Why are there two Dakotas?

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Many American towns are named after non-Biblical Middle Eastern cities, like Carthage, Cairo, and Tangier. Why did these places get these names? What ideas and stereotypes did 19th century Americans have of the Middle East?

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In high medieval Western Europe, how did infant mortality contrast between nobility, well-to-do farmers, and serfs?

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The Yellow Rose of Texas was a popular marching song among Confederate soldiers. How did commanders react to a song that celebrates the beauty of a free black woman?

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What sort of humor would be unacceptable to a 19th century audience? Do we have any edgy jokes from that period?

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In medieval England, would the first letters of "knife" and "knight" have been pronounced?

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When Byzantines and Arabs referred to Catholics as "Franks", were they generalizing or did they truly believe all Catholic Europeans were of a single language and culture?

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In Crusader Kings 2, northern Hungary is in 867 populated and ruled by Croatians. Does this have any basis in fact?

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Across the Jim Crow period, America's complicated systems of racial categorization were replaced by the binary of white people and black people. Former categories like "creole" or "mulatto" were abolished, and their communities destroyed. Why did this happen?

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In the 1841 census, the population of Ireland was over 8 million. In 1960, the population of Ireland was less than 3 million. What happened?

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Why are there two Dakotas?	153
Many American towns are named after non-Biblical Middle Eastern cities, like Carthage, Cairo, and Tangier. Why did these places get these names? What ideas and stereotypes did 19th century Americans have of the Middle East?	152
In high medieval Western Europe, how did infant mortality contrast between nobility, well-to-do farmers, and serfs?	151
The Yellow Rose of Texas was a popular marching song among Confederate soldiers. How did commanders react to a song that celebrates the beauty of a free black woman?	149
What sort of humor would be unacceptable to a 19th century audience? Do we have any edgy jokes from that period?	147
In medieval England, would the first letters of "knife" and "knight" have been pronounced?	145
When Byzantines and Arabs referred to Catholics as "Franks", were they generalizing or did they truly believe all Catholic Europeans were of a single language and culture?	138
In Crusader Kings 2, northern Hungary is in 867 populated and ruled by Croatians. Does this have any basis in fact?	136
Across the Jim Crow period, America's complicated systems of racial categorization were replaced by the binary of white people and black people. Former categories like "creole" or "mulatto" were abolished, and their communities destroyed. Why did this happen?	136
In the 1841 census, the population of Ireland was over 8 million. In 1960, the population of Ireland was less than 3 million. What happened?	135