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Do we have any record of verbal interactions between Norse settlers and Indigenous Americans?

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Was a privateer expected to bear the entire cost of outfitting a ship? Did letters of marque come with financial support from the issuing State?

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Did Washington turn down kingship?

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Since the Habsburgs had dominated the office of Holy Roman Emperor for so long, how did the Hohenzollern German Empire view the Holy Roman Empire in context of their own historical heritage?

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Were there any signs, in Alexander the Great's later lifetime, of division and discord between his generals that would become the later Diadochi conflicts?

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Who outfitted Athenian ships during their imperial period?

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How far back can we trace ritualistic burials at sea?

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A question regarding Soldier-Poets

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The Hellenic Ptolemid rulers of Egypt adopted certain native Egyptian customs and practices, how did the other Hellenistic kingdoms view that choice? Was it considered unusual or bizarre?

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Ottoman sailors like Occhiali, Jack Ward, and Jan Janszoon are similar in being Westerners who joined Ottoman service and converted to Islam. What were attitudes to foreign adult converts who gained positions of power in the Empire?

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Do we have any record of verbal interactions between Norse settlers and Indigenous Americans?	6
Was a privateer expected to bear the entire cost of outfitting a ship? Did letters of marque come with financial support from the issuing State?	6
Did Washington turn down kingship?	5
Since the Habsburgs had dominated the office of Holy Roman Emperor for so long, how did the Hohenzollern German Empire view the Holy Roman Empire in context of their own historical heritage?	5
Were there any signs, in Alexander the Great's later lifetime, of division and discord between his generals that would become the later Diadochi conflicts?	5
Who outfitted Athenian ships during their imperial period?	4
How far back can we trace ritualistic burials at sea?	4
A question regarding Soldier-Poets	4
The Hellenic Ptolemid rulers of Egypt adopted certain native Egyptian customs and practices, how did the other Hellenistic kingdoms view that choice? Was it considered unusual or bizarre?	4
Ottoman sailors like Occhiali, Jack Ward, and Jan Janszoon are similar in being Westerners who joined Ottoman service and converted to Islam. What were attitudes to foreign adult converts who gained positions of power in the Empire?	3