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For centuries, sultans, emirs and atabegs were content to allow the Abbasid caliphs to remain as nominal figureheads. But, the Ottomans deposed them, why?

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William the Conqueror was the Duke of Normandy, so it's not hard to see how he raised the army that conquered England. But where did the Norman adventurers that conquered Southern Italy raise men from? Did the armies of e.g. Robert Guiscard actually consist of Normans?

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During the period when Christianity was being preached and then persecuted in Japan, did local Japanese Buddhist theologians attempt to respond to or attack Christianity intellectually? If so, what were their arguments?

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Why did Christians attract attention for not sacrificing to the Roman Gods/Imperial Cult? Were Jews and Samaritans performing these sacrifices?

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Are there any historically common foodstuffs that're no longer eaten?

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If I were in Washington during the Civil War on business and staying in a hotel, where would I poop? Was it still chamber pots in that era - were there complementary chamber pots in hotels & chamber pot removal/cleaning? Did flush toilets/bathrooms exist yet?

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The Wikipedia article on the Koh-i-Noor diamond has a quote from Queen Victoria saying to her daughter saying she opposed the conquest of India. What's the context for this quote - did she really oppose it and why?

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Why was China able to eventually re-assemble into a single polity after the collapse of the Han dynasty, but Western Europe was not after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

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Did field slaves, in the Antebellum South, resent or hate slaves that worked in the house?

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I'm reading the book "The Last Duel" by Eric Jager - and, apparently, enchanted weapons were banned in judicial duels. What sort of enchanted weapons were thought to exist at the time that could advantage or disadvantage someone in a duel?

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For centuries, sultans, emirs and atabegs were content to allow the Abbasid caliphs to remain as nominal figureheads. But, the Ottomans deposed them, why?	104	AskHistorians
William the Conqueror was the Duke of Normandy, so it's not hard to see how he raised the army that conquered England. But where did the Norman adventurers that conquered Southern Italy raise men from? Did the armies of e.g. Robert Guiscard actually consist of Normans?	92	AskHistorians
During the period when Christianity was being preached and then persecuted in Japan, did local Japanese Buddhist theologians attempt to respond to or attack Christianity intellectually? If so, what were their arguments?	87	AskHistorians
Why did Christians attract attention for not sacrificing to the Roman Gods/Imperial Cult? Were Jews and Samaritans performing these sacrifices?	86	AskHistorians
Are there any historically common foodstuffs that're no longer eaten?	83	AskHistorians
If I were in Washington during the Civil War on business and staying in a hotel, where would I poop? Was it still chamber pots in that era - were there complementary chamber pots in hotels & chamber pot removal/cleaning? Did flush toilets/bathrooms exist yet?	82	AskHistorians
The Wikipedia article on the Koh-i-Noor diamond has a quote from Queen Victoria saying to her daughter saying she opposed the conquest of India. What's the context for this quote - did she really oppose it and why?	78	AskHistorians
Why was China able to eventually re-assemble into a single polity after the collapse of the Han dynasty, but Western Europe was not after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?	76	AskHistorians
Did field slaves, in the Antebellum South, resent or hate slaves that worked in the house?	76	AskHistorians
I'm reading the book "The Last Duel" by Eric Jager - and, apparently, enchanted weapons were banned in judicial duels. What sort of enchanted weapons were thought to exist at the time that could advantage or disadvantage someone in a duel?	74	AskHistorians