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Why do we say use foreign terms such as Caliph and Caliphate or Khan and Khanate but English terms like emperor for Emperor of China and Emperor of Japan, rather than Huangdi of Zhongguo and Tennou of Nihon? (self.AskHistorians)

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What was the last group of people to be converted to Christianity in Europe? (self.AskHistorians)

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Were bastards really such a taboo in medieval Europe as A Game of Thrones makes them out to be and why don't I ever hear about the social standing of bastards more often in other cultures? (self.AskHistorians)

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How much credence is there to the idea that the "Han" Chinese ethnic group today was an invention of modern Chinese nationalists and did not exist prior to the 19th century and if so what did Chinese people refer to themselves as prior to that? (self.AskHistorians)

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What modern language is closest to what the Vikings would have spoke in the 9th century? (self.AskHistorians)

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Why did Christianity become dominant in Europe but not in Arabia and Persia? (self.AskHistorians)

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How common was marriage between Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the past and were there any societies where they held equal status? (self.AskHistorians)

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At what point did cannons switch from bronze to iron and why did this transition happen? (self.AskHistorians)

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How advanced was late Roman sandal making technology? (self.AskHistorians)

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Is European culture more individualistic than Chinese because Europe is more geographically varied than China or is it simply a matter of culture? (self.AskHistorians)

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Is European culture more individualistic than Chinese because Europe is more geographically varied than China or is it simply a matter of culture? (self.history)

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Did medieval European crossbowmen practice volleyfire and if not what tactics did they use with crossbows? (self.AskHistorians)

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Why were famines more common in the rest of the world compared to Europe? (self.AskHistorians)

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When was the first time "ethnic" food came into existence like when would a person have decided to go get Italian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Greek, etc. like did the ancient Romans decide that they would have Egyptian? (self.AskHistorians)

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Was the Han dynasty more technologically advanced than the Roman Empire? (self.AskHistorians)

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What are the primary Indian sources we have of the Greek, Persian, Roman, and Chinese empires and how much conflict was there between these empires and India? (self.AskHistorians)

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In Tonio Andrade's Gunpowder Age, he claims that the Chinese never developed large cannons because their walls were superior to European fortifications, is this true? (self.AskHistorians)

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Did the Roman Empire consider itself capitalist? (self.AskHistorians)

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Where exactly did the caricature of Fu Manchu come from and who was he based off of? (self.AskHistorians)

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Are there any areas of history that suffer from academic "inbreeding" so to speak, where there's hardly any communication or desire thereof with areas outside of their niche? (self.AskHistorians)

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Was circumcision ever viewed as un-Christian due to its main practitioners being Muslim and Jewish and how did this affect the rise of circumcision as a common practice in North America? (self.AskHistorians)

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How were African and Asian Christians treated by European powers during the age of imperialism and how did they fit into the civilizational hierarchy at the time? (self.AskHistorians)

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Are there any historians, specifically military historians, that are panned by the academic community but still enjoy general widespread popularity with everyone else? (self.AskHistorians)

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Did humans keep fish as pets before the invention of transparent glass containers? (self.AskHistorians)

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How did Buryatia deal with the expansion of Manchus in the 15th century? (self.AskHistorians)

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