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Why is the ethnic Chinese community in Thailand so assimilated, while the ethnic Chinese community in Malaysia maintains such a strong separate identity?

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Jane Austen admired Mary Stuart and disparaged Elizabeth I in her Juvenilia. Would this have been a very unusual view for an teenage girl of her class in Regency England? Do we know what might have shaped her opinions?

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Han settlers in Taiwan during the Qing dynasty practiced cannibalism on the indigenous peoples. How did they justify this to themselves? Did similar things happen on the Qing's southwestern frontier?

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Why is Mary Stuart's title "Queen of SCOTS" while her predecessor and successor are both "Kings of SCOTLAND"?

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In Regency England, where does a gentleman's income come from, and how does he store and access it?

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Is it true that the Tang dynasty was a relatively egalitarian time for women in China?

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I was surprised to learn that the Chinese never invented soap. Did they use anything to help with cleaning outside of vigorous scrubbing?

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In "Around the World in Eighty Days," the characters remark that the Bombay-Calcutta railroad has shortened the time needed to go around the world. How did that actually save time, though?

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What is the origin of the myth that the Great Wall of China can be seen from the moon?

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I'm a student at an American all-women's college around 1900. What am I looking to get out of my college experience, and what are my prospects for the future (outside of marriage)?

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Why is the ethnic Chinese community in Thailand so assimilated, while the ethnic Chinese community in Malaysia maintains such a strong separate identity?	231
Jane Austen admired Mary Stuart and disparaged Elizabeth I in her Juvenilia. Would this have been a very unusual view for an teenage girl of her class in Regency England? Do we know what might have shaped her opinions?	54
Han settlers in Taiwan during the Qing dynasty practiced cannibalism on the indigenous peoples. How did they justify this to themselves? Did similar things happen on the Qing's southwestern frontier?	51
Why is Mary Stuart's title "Queen of SCOTS" while her predecessor and successor are both "Kings of SCOTLAND"?	50
In Regency England, where does a gentleman's income come from, and how does he store and access it?	46
Is it true that the Tang dynasty was a relatively egalitarian time for women in China?	37
I was surprised to learn that the Chinese never invented soap. Did they use anything to help with cleaning outside of vigorous scrubbing?	27
In "Around the World in Eighty Days," the characters remark that the Bombay-Calcutta railroad has shortened the time needed to go around the world. How did that actually save time, though?	27
What is the origin of the myth that the Great Wall of China can be seen from the moon?	17
I'm a student at an American all-women's college around 1900. What am I looking to get out of my college experience, and what are my prospects for the future (outside of marriage)?	7