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There is a group of African Americans called the Gullah people who were able to retain a lot of their African traditions who reside on the east coasts of Georgia and South Carolina and also arrived here the same way as other African Americans. (Descended of slaves) How did they keep their culture?	320
There is a claim on Texas Monthly that the Western cultural aspect of Texas (Cowboys, Mavericks, Rangers) was not the essence of Texas and it’s culture, before 1936, Texas was very similar to other Deep Southern states, and Western culture was an attempt to redefine Texas, far from the Confederacy?	210
What were the physiques of pre history human beings, including ancient physiques, and even medieval physiques of warriors and also citizens of different classes? We see many of them in movies and tv shows like in 300, Spartacus, and Roman Empire, etc, with amazing physiques. Is this true at all?	56
For being such a religious civilization, why did the West conquer, colonize, and kill so many individuals? How much did religious values play into colonialism for Europe?	19
Considering the South’s history of racism and bigotry, why is the South doing so well in integration? People claim to get along better in the south than in other parts of the country, what’s the root of this success considering its history? (If it has significantly improved like many claim)	11
Texas has a prominent Western prominent aesthetic to it, and that Western culture has been a part of Texas since the beginning. However there is also a claim that the Western aesthetics were added to Texas to shove out the Confederate/Dixie/Slave aspects of the state during the 1930s. Is this true?	7
How was mental healthy treated in ancient times? What did the Egyptians, Romans, and Greeks think of mental illnesses and how did society treat it?	5
How did Southern Hospitality work in the days of Jim Crow and slavery in the American South? The South is known to be a very friendly region regardless of race in the modern days but how was this model able to keep up along with Jim Crow which is not very hospitable?	4
What were hot political issues of Ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt? What we’re common issues of the Ancient World?	3
In the Near Ancient East, there was a word which was “Habiru”. Which means rebels, mercenaries, servants and/or slaves. We have the word Hebrew that means “to pass over” in some translations. We also see Habiru in the Amarna letters as well. Is there any correlation between Hebrew group and “Habiru”	3

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