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How much do we know about the tribes that more coastal regions of Africa (like Sudan and Mauritania) interacted with in ancient Medieval times? Do we know who these Africans from the interior were?

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What would Timbuktu be like during the lifetime of Mansa Musa? How culturally diverse was it?

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When and why did opium become popular in early modern Britain?

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After the Roman conquest changes were made to the cultural and social structure of Greece and Macedon?

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Why has the religious practices of Sudan been so linked to Egypt over time? It shared pagan traditions, then it Christianized, then it adopted Islam, all while being independent for most of the time.

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Did the Romans think Hellenistic rulers (like Antiochus and Cleopatra) were Greek or something else? why or why not?

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Romans and Greeks wore tunics and togas, Egyptians wore kilts and tunics, what did Celts and Germans wear?

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Roman love poetry features a lot of long-term or meaningful pre/extramarital relationships, like those of Ovid and Propertius. How did the Romans perceive these kinds of relationships?

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2nd Time: Why did the Nazis appropriate so much ancient Mediterranean culture if they were trying to recreate a Germanic state?

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Is it true that Romans would throw diseased animals over city walls to cause infections? If so how did this reflect Roman medical theories about infectious disease?

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How much do we know about the tribes that more coastal regions of Africa (like Sudan and Mauritania) interacted with in ancient Medieval times? Do we know who these Africans from the interior were?	4
What would Timbuktu be like during the lifetime of Mansa Musa? How culturally diverse was it?	3
When and why did opium become popular in early modern Britain?	3
After the Roman conquest changes were made to the cultural and social structure of Greece and Macedon?	3
Why has the religious practices of Sudan been so linked to Egypt over time? It shared pagan traditions, then it Christianized, then it adopted Islam, all while being independent for most of the time.	3
Did the Romans think Hellenistic rulers (like Antiochus and Cleopatra) were Greek or something else? why or why not?	3
Romans and Greeks wore tunics and togas, Egyptians wore kilts and tunics, what did Celts and Germans wear?	3
Roman love poetry features a lot of long-term or meaningful pre/extramarital relationships, like those of Ovid and Propertius. How did the Romans perceive these kinds of relationships?	3
2nd Time: Why did the Nazis appropriate so much ancient Mediterranean culture if they were trying to recreate a Germanic state?	3
Is it true that Romans would throw diseased animals over city walls to cause infections? If so how did this reflect Roman medical theories about infectious disease?	3