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Why is the last name "Khan" one that only appears for Muslims in the Indian subcontinent? Is it related to the Mongols somehow?

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Why was Henry VIII so obsessed with having a male heir when queen regnants were already a thing in Europe?

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Why did some ethnicities get their own SSRs (Ukrainians, Kazakhs, Georgians etc) but not others (Yakuts, Chechens, Tatars, etc)?

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Why isn't Russia part of the West? What constitutes the East and the West and why was this line drawn in the first place?

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Were there "white" slaves in antebellum America? NSFW

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Why did the Pakistanis accept Urdu as their national language?

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How did elite Roman women attend the Colosseum games?

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My history teacher said that before British interference in the early 20th century, Arabs and Jews lived together in peace in the Israel/Palestine region. Is that true?

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There was 11 months between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the GDR. What was happening during these months? Was there any hope of the GDR being retained, or did everyone know the end was coming?

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There was 11 months between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the GDR. Why did it take so long? What was happening in these months? Was there any hope of the GDR being retained, or did everyone know the end was coming?

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Why is the last name "Khan" one that only appears for Muslims in the Indian subcontinent? Is it related to the Mongols somehow?	368	AskHistorians
Why was Henry VIII so obsessed with having a male heir when queen regnants were already a thing in Europe?	340	AskHistorians
Why did some ethnicities get their own SSRs (Ukrainians, Kazakhs, Georgians etc) but not others (Yakuts, Chechens, Tatars, etc)?	241	AskHistorians
Why isn't Russia part of the West? What constitutes the East and the West and why was this line drawn in the first place?	125	AskHistorians
Were there "white" slaves in antebellum America? NSFW	43	AskHistorians
Why did the Pakistanis accept Urdu as their national language?	43	AskHistorians
How did elite Roman women attend the Colosseum games?	22	AskHistorians
My history teacher said that before British interference in the early 20th century, Arabs and Jews lived together in peace in the Israel/Palestine region. Is that true?	22	AskHistorians
There was 11 months between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the GDR. What was happening during these months? Was there any hope of the GDR being retained, or did everyone know the end was coming?	17	AskHistorians
There was 11 months between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the GDR. Why did it take so long? What was happening in these months? Was there any hope of the GDR being retained, or did everyone know the end was coming?	16	AskHistorians