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When and why did the fez replace the turban in the Ottoman Empire?

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How did the Romans view the conquest of Parthia by the Sassanians? Were there attempts to make peace with their new neighbor, or were they simply viewed as a continuation of the Persian Empire that they had fought for centuries?

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How did the Vandals, a Germanic tribe from Poland, come to establish a kingdom all the way in North Africa?

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"Stop sending people to kill me! We've already captured five of them... If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send a very fast working one to Moscow and I certainly won't have to send another." Would Tito have actually been capable of assassinating Stalin?

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Ancient Greeks used cups made of amethyst because they thought it would prevent drunkenness. Ancient Egyptians doused women in horse saliva to improve libido. These obviously didn't work, so how did these beliefs (and those like them) develop? Wouldn't just looking at what happens disprove them?

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When did military operations start being codenamed?

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When and why did monarchs stop having court jesters?

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Many countries had huge amounts of suffering and death after communist revolutions. How did communism still gain support from revolutionaries?

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Japan seized many of Germany's Pacific colonies during WWI. Were there ever discussions on returning them to Germany when they were allied during WWII?

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What were the relations between European kingdoms and the Crusader States? Were they independent nations, or were they more akin to what we would consider to be colonies?

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When and why did the fez replace the turban in the Ottoman Empire?	20
How did the Romans view the conquest of Parthia by the Sassanians? Were there attempts to make peace with their new neighbor, or were they simply viewed as a continuation of the Persian Empire that they had fought for centuries?	20
How did the Vandals, a Germanic tribe from Poland, come to establish a kingdom all the way in North Africa?	20
"Stop sending people to kill me! We've already captured five of them... If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send a very fast working one to Moscow and I certainly won't have to send another." Would Tito have actually been capable of assassinating Stalin?	18
Ancient Greeks used cups made of amethyst because they thought it would prevent drunkenness. Ancient Egyptians doused women in horse saliva to improve libido. These obviously didn't work, so how did these beliefs (and those like them) develop? Wouldn't just looking at what happens disprove them?	17
When did military operations start being codenamed?	15
When and why did monarchs stop having court jesters?	13
Many countries had huge amounts of suffering and death after communist revolutions. How did communism still gain support from revolutionaries?	13
Japan seized many of Germany's Pacific colonies during WWI. Were there ever discussions on returning them to Germany when they were allied during WWII?	13
What were the relations between European kingdoms and the Crusader States? Were they independent nations, or were they more akin to what we would consider to be colonies?	13