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During the 1920s, the Soviet Union was the most sexually liberated society on earth, decriminalizing homosexuality and abortion, promoting free love and encouraging sexual experimentation. A decade later, Soviet society became one of the world's most socially conservative. What happened and why?

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I'm a Christian slave master living in 2nd or 3rd century AD Rome. I have a reputation among pagans for mentally, physically and sexually abusing my slaves. Would anyone in the early Christian community have noticed or cared?

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Western Europe was expected—and sometimes forced—to grant independence to all of its colonial possessions, whereas Russia and China are allowed to keep there's. Why the double standard?

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How did the spread of Christianity change the status of women in the ancient Mediterranean world? Were women strengthened and empowered by Christianity or were they weakened and oppressed by it?

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From the late 4th century onward, Rome suffered a number of terrible catastrophes, particularly from barbarian invasion. How common was it for pagans to see these catastrophes as punishment for abandoning the gods and to blame Christianity for the empire's numerous misfortunes?

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Would early Christian communities living in the Roman Empire have noticed or cared about sexual and physical abuses perpetrated by Christian slave masters against their slaves?

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During the 1920s, the Soviet Union was the most sexually liberated society on earth, decriminalizing homosexuality and abortion, promoting free love and encouraging sexual experimentation. A decade later, Soviet society became one of the world's most socially conservative. What happened and why?	4250
I'm a Christian slave master living in 2nd or 3rd century AD Rome. I have a reputation among pagans for mentally, physically and sexually abusing my slaves. Would anyone in the early Christian community have noticed or cared?	156
Western Europe was expected—and sometimes forced—to grant independence to all of its colonial possessions, whereas Russia and China are allowed to keep there's. Why the double standard?	36
How did the spread of Christianity change the status of women in the ancient Mediterranean world? Were women strengthened and empowered by Christianity or were they weakened and oppressed by it?	24
From the late 4th century onward, Rome suffered a number of terrible catastrophes, particularly from barbarian invasion. How common was it for pagans to see these catastrophes as punishment for abandoning the gods and to blame Christianity for the empire's numerous misfortunes?	23
Would early Christian communities living in the Roman Empire have noticed or cared about sexual and physical abuses perpetrated by Christian slave masters against their slaves?	12