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After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, did slavery persist? Films tend to portray white slavery as an ancient practice, not seen in the European Middle Ages onwards.
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I'm the wife of an italian trader in 1270. My husband and son who, just turned 17, left home to travel to China through the Silk Road for at least 9 years. How do I survive alone, is it simple for a woman like me at the time to find a job and what would people think if I enter in another relation?
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In 1872, Victoria Woodhull and her sister Tennie Claflin exposed the rape of two 15-year old girls after a masked ball, saying there was no road left open to them but "the prostitute's road to hell". Was that true? Would they have had other options? NSFW
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On the front page there is a story about Betty White getting criticism for inviting Arthur Duncan, a black artist, on her show in 1950s. How do I go about reading the original criticism if it appeared in print media at that time?
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Marcus Aurelius was born in Rome to parents from Roman families and was emperor long before the East became dominant in the Empire, yet he wrote his private diaries in Greek — why?
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I’m breathing fire after adding a few drops of scotch bonnet sauce to my lunch, and it got me wondering: When did adding capsaicin-rich spices become prevalent in certain cuisines? Why was ‘spicy’ food so quickly and decisively adopted in some cultures, and mostly ignored in others?
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