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When did calling someone 'sir', or referring to a woman as a 'lady', shift from marking explicit rank to being more informal? How did this change happen?

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During the Black Death's onset, why didn't it infect and kill the nomads believed to be the original carriers from the central Asian plains before it could reach Europe and infect everyone there?

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When did smiling in photos, instead of treating it as a formal occasion, become the norm as it is today?

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How geographically mobile were average citizens in the Roman empire?

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Why did members of Germanic tribes like the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes migrate to Britain in such large numbers during the early Middle Ages?

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In the modern Western cultural imagination, it is a common trope that a young person moves to a major city in order to gain wealth, enter a new profession, or simply 'follow their dreams'. When did this stereotypical mindset emerge? Does it exist in the period you study?

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When did calling someone 'sir', or referring to a woman as a 'lady', shift from marking explicit rank to being more informal? How did this change happen?	12
During the Black Death's onset, why didn't it infect and kill the nomads believed to be the original carriers from the central Asian plains before it could reach Europe and infect everyone there?	9
When did smiling in photos, instead of treating it as a formal occasion, become the norm as it is today?	2
How geographically mobile were average citizens in the Roman empire?	1
Why did members of Germanic tribes like the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes migrate to Britain in such large numbers during the early Middle Ages?	1
In the modern Western cultural imagination, it is a common trope that a young person moves to a major city in order to gain wealth, enter a new profession, or simply 'follow their dreams'. When did this stereotypical mindset emerge? Does it exist in the period you study?	1