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The nobles and gentry of the UK knocked down their castles to build country houses and then knocked down their country houses to avoid inheritance taxes. Did other European countries have a similar trajectory?
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Were the Caliphs of the Umayyad and Abbasid dynasties expected to lead Friday prayers each week in their capitals or simply on occasion if ever?
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Since the Islamic calendar is completely lunar and doesn't sync with the solar seasons, did medieval Islamic empires use it for taxes? Because, and I'm presuming here, most taxes were probably paid in grain or livestock which you'd want to assess or take a consistent point in the solar year?
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Did the spread of mechanical clockmaking precede the preference for punctuality as a cultural norm in Europe or was punctuality valued prior to widespread mechanical clocks?
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Given how later Chinese dynasties relied heavily on and were heavily comprised of members of the scholar-gentry, were any of the reform movements, political parties or reformist figures anti-intellectual?
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Could certain peasant families within medieval villages in England or France have different hereditary rights with regards to land usage, or trapping wild game? Or similarly, could neighboring villages have different rights to certain things e.g. letting their pigs loose in the woods?
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With regards to the history of colonization - when did 'right of conquest' become a taboo? That is, when and why did it become necessary to justify colonization through civilizing missions, Christianizing or claiming lands were uninhabited?
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Did the Ottoman state decline in the 18th and early 19th century or was it lagging? That is, were the Ottoman bureaucracy and armies functioning the same as they had previously or were they actively becoming worse at enforcing laws/extracting taxes/logistics/military discipline?
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Regarding the Chinese concept of raw and uncooked barbarians, was sending royal brides to barbarian tribes considered part of the 'cooking' process? If so, did either the Ming or the Qing ever consider trying to 'cook' Western barbarians with offers of royal brides?
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