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When/How did the image for Angels in Christianity change to winged humans as opposed to the vivid, abstract descriptions in the Bible?
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Tumbuktu in the late Medieval era was famous for its university, being regarded as a center of learning and particularly of Islamic scholarship. How did the University of Timbuktu compare to other universities of the era?
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The period 1648-1665 was arguably the most calamitous and tragic for the Polish people, only second to the Nazi occupation. Why was the Russo-Swedish Deluge such an incredibly destructive war and how did it lead to the long decline of the once powerful Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
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Why is it common to hear older people from former Soviet states proclaim that "things were better during the USSR"? In what ways, and for whom, were things objectively "better" under the USSR?
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According to Wikipedia, Katherine Stieglitz was institutionalized for postpartum depression in 1923 at age 25, and remained until her death in 1971. Before Reagan, did American mental health patients often remain institutionalized for decades? Who paid? Was postpartum depression actually recognized?
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Kim Syok’osu, a Korean woman that converted to Christianity, said “We Choson women lived under the oppression of men for thousands of years without having our own names. . . . For fifty years, I lived without a name” What was going on in Choson Korea? Did women really not have names?
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