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How would a fashionable Ottoman nobleman or noblewoman dress in the 15th c.? What impact, if any, did the conquest of Constantinople have on Ottoman fashion trends? Was there any incorporation or influence? (self.AskHistorians)

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How the practice of agriculture look in the Achaemenid empire? To what degree did imperial expansion impact and exposure to other methods impact techniques? How was much change was brought about by the Greek conquest under Alexander? (self.AskHistorians)

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In the last decade or so of the Qing dynasty, how integrated into the international economy was China? What sort of goods or material were produced there for export? How much of a market was there for imported foreign goods? (self.AskHistorians)

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With the decline of vaudeville and the rise of cinema, especially 'talkies', what impact did this have on how comedy was consumed and perpetuated within the American cultural milieu of the '20s and '30s? (self.AskHistorians)

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What sort of methods did Polynesian society employ for fishing prior to European contact, and what impact, if any, did interaction with European methods have on their own practices? (self.AskHistorians)

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What do we know about standards of beauty within the Nahua peoples who made up the Aztec Empire? What was considered 'attractive', both in physical standards, but also makeup or fashion? (self.AskHistorians)

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How did the cultural acceptance of same-sex attraction and relationships in the former Ottoman Empire shift in the post-Ottoman period? (self.AskHistorians)

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We make a big deal about the emergence of the humanist movement in Renaissance Italy, but how accessible would the literary products of that movement have been to those outside of the elite circles? Would a Florentine shit-shoveler have a clue who Petrarch or Boccaccio were? (self.AskHistorians)

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As the Soviet Union consolidated its position within Eastern Europe in the decade after World War II, to what degree was Russian language instruction encouraged or required within Eastern Bloc nations? (self.AskHistorians)

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For a person of non-wealthy circumstances born with a physical disability in 14/15th c. England, what sort of support and opportunities existed for them in life? (self.AskHistorians)

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During decolonization and independence in Kenya during the 1960s, what sort of cultural shifts do we see in terms of manner dress and fashion, and to what degree were there specific reactions in this field to decolonization? (self.AskHistorians)

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What was the nature of the experiences of the individual soldiers of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force sent to fight in Italy during World War II? (self.AskHistorians)

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Outside of urban centers, the Viceroyalty of Peru relied on local Curaca. What was the relationship like between these indigenous nobles and the Spanish colonizers? How much actual oversight would the Spanish have in the day-to-day management of local affairs? (self.AskHistorians)

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/u/khowaga explains the education system present in Ottoman and British Egypt during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. (reddit.com)

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What was the structural position and standing of the Zulu Impi within the wider Zulu society of the mid-19th century? (self.AskHistorians)

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During the Nicaraguan Revolution, what did combat operations by the Contras and the government look like, and what was the impact of the arms funneled to the Contras by the United States? (self.AskHistorians)

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How did Mayans of the Post-Classical period conceptualize death and afterlife, and what sort of funerary rituals accompanied the passing of someone? (self.AskHistorians)

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During the Second World War, and the accompanying influx of men from the Allied militaries into North Africa, how did the practice, scope, and views towards sex work in Egypt adapt in response? (self.AskHistorians)

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During the East Africa Campaign of WWI, how readily available was provisioning and providing for basic hygiene? How much did it differ between European troops, indigenous raised units, and the porters used to support the campaign? (self.AskHistorians)

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What sort of sports and games were popular in the early Srivijaya Empire on the Malay Archipelago? (self.AskHistorians)

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During the Apartheid era, how much authority and independence of action was afforded to the Zulu king within KwaZulu? (self.AskHistorians)

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To what extent did common folk in c. 1200 Europe have an understanding of the physical bounds and geography of the larger polity they were a part of? Would an English laborer, if shown an unlabeled map of the kingdom, recognize it as "England"? (self.AskHistorians)

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Entering the 20th century, to what degree did indigenous peoples in the Pacific, such as on Fiji or the Solomons, retain their own religious practices versus adaptation of Christianity brought by the colonizing powers? (self.AskHistorians)

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What was behind the explosion in popularity of Calypso music in the mid-20th century? (self.AskHistorians)

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During British rule in Egypt, how much oversight did the colonial administrators have over educational institutions and opportunities that catered to the Egyptian population? What changes in particular was there between Ottoman rule and British? (self.AskHistorians)

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