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It's 11th century rural England, and two villagers are getting married. What does the wedding and its celebrations look like?

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Popular myths dictate that the natives of Mesoamerica and parts of Oceania mistook white explorers (eg Cortes and Cook) as deities. Did such myths and stories arise during the European exploration and colonization of Sub-Saharan Africa?

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Was Qing imperial policies in Xinjiang, Yunnan, Tibet, etc. comparable with European colonial policies? Was the Qing Empire a "colonial" empire?

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How did the mostly-patrilineal Europeans perceive the masculinity and femininity of matrilineal peoples (eg Iroquois and Minangkabau)?

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Why was the Sassanid capital in Ctesiphon, near the border of their territory? Why not a capital in their Persian heartlands?

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How different was "popular Zoroastrianism" from the "state Zoroastrianism" as practiced in pre-Islamic Iran?

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How did politics in Malaysia become so racially charged? Was this always the case?

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How Kurdish was Saladin?

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Did Mozarabs in the Reconquista see the Christian kingdoms as liberators or conquerors?

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How has Oman managed to survive till the modern day as the only Ibadi state?

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It's 11th century rural England, and two villagers are getting married. What does the wedding and its celebrations look like?	40
Popular myths dictate that the natives of Mesoamerica and parts of Oceania mistook white explorers (eg Cortes and Cook) as deities. Did such myths and stories arise during the European exploration and colonization of Sub-Saharan Africa?	37
Was Qing imperial policies in Xinjiang, Yunnan, Tibet, etc. comparable with European colonial policies? Was the Qing Empire a "colonial" empire?	37
How did the mostly-patrilineal Europeans perceive the masculinity and femininity of matrilineal peoples (eg Iroquois and Minangkabau)?	35
Why was the Sassanid capital in Ctesiphon, near the border of their territory? Why not a capital in their Persian heartlands?	35
How different was "popular Zoroastrianism" from the "state Zoroastrianism" as practiced in pre-Islamic Iran?	33
How did politics in Malaysia become so racially charged? Was this always the case?	33
How Kurdish was Saladin?	32
Did Mozarabs in the Reconquista see the Christian kingdoms as liberators or conquerors?	32
How has Oman managed to survive till the modern day as the only Ibadi state?	32