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Why was the Mughal Empire not legally dissolved until the Sepoy Mutiny? Even before British control of the subcontinent, why did the various nizams, nawabs and rajas continued to give it lip service?	9
The British gentry demolished a large portion of their historical country houses to avoid paying inheritance taxes on their assessed value. Did a similar process play out in other European countries with the castles or mansions of the nobility?	9
Were the Seljuks really initially vassals of the Khazars? If so, what are the odds that instead of converting to Islam from paganism/Tengriism, that they were initially Jewish?	9
How did the Protestant Reformation change peasant views of the supernatural abilities or powers of priests?	9
What's the history of cookware look like? When did metal cookware start becoming common in peasant households and was there ever a precipitous decline in cooking pottery anywhere prior to the modern era?	9
Reading Dalrymple's "The Anarchy", the chief advantages the British East India Company had in conquering India seemed to be better field artillery and drilled infantry (and lots of money). But that makes me wonder - what do undrilled musketmen look like?	9
Regarding Pliny the Younger's letters to Trajan - did his other governors also write letters to consult him so frequently? Was Trajan just answering letters and petitions all day and micromanaging the empire?	9
Netflix's "The Crown" depicts Anthony Eden's health problems as stemming from his inability to cope with the stress of being Prime Minister - how accurate is that? Did Eden psychologically struggle with the responsibilities of his position?	9
Gothic king Theodoric the Great ends up in medieval German legend as Dietrich von Bern, how? The Goths were speakers of an East Germanic language whereas German is West Germanic. In Theodoric's time were the Germanic languages close enough that there easy cultural transmission of stories?	9
Given how an education in the classics was standard for education until modern times, did Greco-Roman views on barbarians color or influence how Europeans viewed and dealt with Native Americans?	8

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