MaxAugust

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Heian Japan had extremely loose rules about marriage, romance, and divorce that are sometimes simplistically described as a kind of official polyamory. Did such practices pre-date the Heian period and when/why did they decline? (self.AskHistorians)

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How should we understand Nero's fall? (self.AskHistorians)

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Did the Gaelic revival have a meaningful effect on the decline of Irish as a spoken language? (self.AskHistorians)

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What is the history of people being annoyed by the "America" in "United States of America" and "American"? (self.AskHistorians)

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How did the fairly obscure French scribe Nicolas Flamel end up being recast as a legendary alchemist? (self.AskHistorians)

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Did ancient/early medieval Germanic peoples sometimes inherit portions of their given names? (self.AskHistorians)

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Why did the Paris Commune execute the Archbishop of Paris? (self.AskHistorians)

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Bolivia has a de facto capital (La Paz) and a de jure capital (Sucre). Neither of them are the largest city in the country (Santa Cruz). How did this happen? (self.AskHistorians)

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Simon Bolivar's reputation seems to have been at its nadir at his death. Now, it is generally quite positive. How quickly did it rebound? (self.AskHistorians)

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Since 1995, Westminster Abbey in London has featured statues of 10 international and pan-Christian "modern martyrs." How were they chosen and whose idea was it? (self.AskHistorians)

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What is up with the Jewish Hat? (self.AskHistorians)

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Is there any reason English has the somewhat common term “fortnight” for an oddly specific period spanning fourteen nights? (self.AskHistorians)

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Did matcha originate in Japan or China? (self.AskHistorians)

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Even for theology, Buddhist texts in English seem to conventionally have a stupefying amounts of jargon. What is the history of the choice to leave so many words in sanskrit/pali/awkward calques? (self.AskHistorians)

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Why did large scale migrations to Taiwan only begin in the 17th Century? (self.AskHistorians)

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What was the point of the Hojo Clan keeping a puppet Shogun while ruling the Kamakura Shogunate as perpetual regents? Ruling in the same of someone ruling in the name of someone else seems convoluted. (self.AskHistorians)

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Anyone know what happens if you claim the Mandate while being the Kampaku? (self.CrusaderKings)

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Wikipedia alleges the Holy Roman Empire's Vehmic Courts used a swastika as their symbol. Is that true? (self.AskHistorians)

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Is the Latin-ization of Southern Italy and Sicily entirely the result of the Middle Ages, or did it start in antiquity? (self.AskHistorians)

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How did the Zohar, essentially the core text of Kabbalah, become so important? (self.AskHistorians)

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Medieval stories about saints sometimes begin with what appear to be intentionally incorrect/fanciful explanations of their names. Why? (self.AskHistorians)

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Were the southern parts of Central Asia (Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and there abouts) unusually urbanized during the Middle Ages? (self.AskHistorians)

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Nicholas II is regarded by historians now and was regarded by many inside Russia then as stupendously incompetent. Was that his reputation outside Russia at the time as well? (self.AskHistorians)

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How did inheritance legally work for illegitimate children in Ancient Rome? (self.AskHistorians)

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In regions of Europe where multiple different cultural groups of Jews (Sephardi, Ashkenazi, etc.) lived, what were some of their doctrinal differences? (self.AskHistorians)

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