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Why did northern Germany got predominantly Protestant, while south stayed predominantly Catholic?

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In middle ages, did people from lower and upper classes of society have problems with understanding each other because of usind different dialects, depending on their class?

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How did the electoral campaigns in Roman Republic look like? Did the candidates make any programs or promises?

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Do we know if people firstly started worship dead ancestors or gods? Did gods evolved from ancestors' cult?

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Why did English replace French as the language of international communication?

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Why did single city-states come to such power in medieval Italy? What caused lack of central power?

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Did most of Chinese really want deposition of the Qing dynasty? How would it be possible in society indoctrinated into divinity of emperor for hundreds of years?

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Do we know when and why white flag became a sign of surrender?

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Louis XIV created in Versailles an everyday ceremony of clothing of the king in which the highest French nobility took part. Why did he do it? What did the nobility think about it?

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When and why did popcorn become main kind of food in the cinemas?

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Why did northern Germany got predominantly Protestant, while south stayed predominantly Catholic?	12
In middle ages, did people from lower and upper classes of society have problems with understanding each other because of usind different dialects, depending on their class?	11
How did the electoral campaigns in Roman Republic look like? Did the candidates make any programs or promises?	11
Do we know if people firstly started worship dead ancestors or gods? Did gods evolved from ancestors' cult?	10
Why did English replace French as the language of international communication?	7
Why did single city-states come to such power in medieval Italy? What caused lack of central power?	7
Did most of Chinese really want deposition of the Qing dynasty? How would it be possible in society indoctrinated into divinity of emperor for hundreds of years?	7
Do we know when and why white flag became a sign of surrender?	7
Louis XIV created in Versailles an everyday ceremony of clothing of the king in which the highest French nobility took part. Why did he do it? What did the nobility think about it?	6
When and why did popcorn become main kind of food in the cinemas?	6