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To what extent was slave labor used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica? Who did the backbreaking labor to build the Aztec pyramids?

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I've read that it was only in the 16th century during the Counter-Reformation that the modern form of private Catholic confessional was introduced, whereas before confession and penance had been a public act. Is this true and if so what caused it?

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How and when did certain works of art become so famous? Was the Mona Lisa for example always valued so much more than the thousands of other Renaissance female portraits?

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Why is Francis Tumblety not universally acknowledged as the prime Jack the Ripper suspect?

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When did clerical celibacy start being enforced in medieval Europe?

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What is the modern consensus on the Shroud of Turin? Is it real? Is it fake? Why is it so difficult to tell?

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Why did Native Americans kidnap and adopt Herman Lehmann as a child?

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Is there any evidence that prohibition era gangsters actively supported/funded prohibition in order to keep their monopoly on illegal alcohol?

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What did the American and Russian governments actually think would happen in the event of a full-scale nuclear war in the 1950s-60s?

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[WP] You live on Penny Lane. A fireman rushes in from inpouring rain. It's very strange.

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To what extent was slave labor used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica? Who did the backbreaking labor to build the Aztec pyramids?	13	AskHistorians
I've read that it was only in the 16th century during the Counter-Reformation that the modern form of private Catholic confessional was introduced, whereas before confession and penance had been a public act. Is this true and if so what caused it?	12	AskHistorians
How and when did certain works of art become so famous? Was the Mona Lisa for example always valued so much more than the thousands of other Renaissance female portraits?	10	AskHistorians
Why is Francis Tumblety not universally acknowledged as the prime Jack the Ripper suspect?	9	AskHistorians
When did clerical celibacy start being enforced in medieval Europe?	8	AskHistorians
What is the modern consensus on the Shroud of Turin? Is it real? Is it fake? Why is it so difficult to tell?	8	AskHistorians
Why did Native Americans kidnap and adopt Herman Lehmann as a child?	8	AskHistorians
Is there any evidence that prohibition era gangsters actively supported/funded prohibition in order to keep their monopoly on illegal alcohol?	8	AskHistorians
What did the American and Russian governments actually think would happen in the event of a full-scale nuclear war in the 1950s-60s?	8	AskHistorians
[WP] You live on Penny Lane. A fireman rushes in from inpouring rain. It's very strange.	7	WritingPrompts