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How did "Vasco," meaning Basque, become a common name for Portuguese and Castillian men in the late 15th century?

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What is the history of the kathoeys (transwomen) of Thailand?

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What were relations like between England and Scandinavia, after the Norman conquest?

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What were beds like in Greece and Rome? What about the Islamic golden age?

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William the Conqueror died on September 9th, 1087. How long would it take Earl Robert of Northumbria to learn the news?

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Did most American anti-slavery advocates in the 19th century oppose the institution for altruistic reasons or because they wanted to weaken the economic power of the South?

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Was European race theory influenced by medieval Islamic scholarship?

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I have seen references to observatories in medieval Damascus and Samarkand. How would they have worked?

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Did Adolf Hitler have any rivals in the Nazi party, who very well could have been just as awful, had they been elected?

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How widespread was child-burning in the Ancient Near East? Was this practice restricted to the Phoenicians and Carthaginians? When did it die out?

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How did "Vasco," meaning Basque, become a common name for Portuguese and Castillian men in the late 15th century?	10
What is the history of the kathoeys (transwomen) of Thailand?	10
What were relations like between England and Scandinavia, after the Norman conquest?	10
What were beds like in Greece and Rome? What about the Islamic golden age?	10
William the Conqueror died on September 9th, 1087. How long would it take Earl Robert of Northumbria to learn the news?	10
Did most American anti-slavery advocates in the 19th century oppose the institution for altruistic reasons or because they wanted to weaken the economic power of the South?	10
Was European race theory influenced by medieval Islamic scholarship?	10
I have seen references to observatories in medieval Damascus and Samarkand. How would they have worked?	10
Did Adolf Hitler have any rivals in the Nazi party, who very well could have been just as awful, had they been elected?	10
How widespread was child-burning in the Ancient Near East? Was this practice restricted to the Phoenicians and Carthaginians? When did it die out?	10