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When and how did the aversion to polytheistic practice become a full denial of all other gods besides "the One"?

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Was Same-Sex marriage a thing in the Roman Republic?

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Where does the traditional narrative of Rome's "fall" come from?

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2nd Time Asking: What do we know about the Roman Cult of Dionysius? Do historians currently agree on whether it was a drunken circus of debauchery or was slandered by politicians because it broke down social norms like class and gender boundaries?

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Where does Uncle Sam, a personification of the USA, come from? Was there a tradition of anthropomorphizing nations into characters before him or is this uniquely American?

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When did the Catholic church first decide to make priests celibate when in the early church they were often married?

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When did the ancient Macedonians really start viewing themselves as Hellenes? In the Hellenistic period were there any residual ethnic distinctions between Greeks and Macedonians?

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In RDR2, Arthur Morgan says he doesn't want to hear any "'eating mangoes on a tropical island' plans". Would someone in the American West c. 1899 have known what mangoes were? Could you find them in markets?

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We hear a lot about how colonialism impacted European cultures, but how did going from an isolated nation to an international player with connections to Western Europe and the New World impact Japanese culture? Is it as unchanged as is usually portrayed?

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Is modern colonialism really a "modern" phenomena and if so why? What separates the Roman Empire and its provinces from the British with its colonies? Is it semantics, era or is there a qualitative difference?

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When and how did the aversion to polytheistic practice become a full denial of all other gods besides "the One"?	4
Was Same-Sex marriage a thing in the Roman Republic?	4
Where does the traditional narrative of Rome's "fall" come from?	4
2nd Time Asking: What do we know about the Roman Cult of Dionysius? Do historians currently agree on whether it was a drunken circus of debauchery or was slandered by politicians because it broke down social norms like class and gender boundaries?	4
Where does Uncle Sam, a personification of the USA, come from? Was there a tradition of anthropomorphizing nations into characters before him or is this uniquely American?	4
When did the Catholic church first decide to make priests celibate when in the early church they were often married?	4
When did the ancient Macedonians really start viewing themselves as Hellenes? In the Hellenistic period were there any residual ethnic distinctions between Greeks and Macedonians?	4
In RDR2, Arthur Morgan says he doesn't want to hear any "'eating mangoes on a tropical island' plans". Would someone in the American West c. 1899 have known what mangoes were? Could you find them in markets?	4
We hear a lot about how colonialism impacted European cultures, but how did going from an isolated nation to an international player with connections to Western Europe and the New World impact Japanese culture? Is it as unchanged as is usually portrayed?	4
Is modern colonialism really a "modern" phenomena and if so why? What separates the Roman Empire and its provinces from the British with its colonies? Is it semantics, era or is there a qualitative difference?	4