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Prior to 20th century, the most commonly advertised consumer products are medicines. Why so? Why not other consumer products?

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Is there any reason why Japanese Red Army, a radical left-wing group in the 1970s, was also known as Holy War Brigade? Why did they choose a religious metaphor (holy war) as their name?

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Looking for studies employing Foucault's technique of genealogy

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Were there any Jews converts to Christianity in late Roman Empire? How were they perceived by other Christians?

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How was the love and life of polygamous marriage in early/medieval Islam?

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The Druze believe that the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim was an incarnation of God. Why? What was the context?

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Why would a 9th century Frankish theologian contemplate whether dog-headed men, beings that might not have existed, should be preached upon Gospels? How did people perceive beings of such beastly nature at his time?

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How/when did the American film industry go from forbidding to "throw the sympathy of the audience with sin, crime, wrong-doing or evil" in the 1930s, to humanizing, even romanticizing villains and criminals?

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Jesus, with his brother, Isukiri, was said to be buried in a small town in Japan. How did this belief/myth develop there?

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Recommended readings of history of science and technology in Southeast Asia

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Prior to 20th century, the most commonly advertised consumer products are medicines. Why so? Why not other consumer products?	17
Is there any reason why Japanese Red Army, a radical left-wing group in the 1970s, was also known as Holy War Brigade? Why did they choose a religious metaphor (holy war) as their name?	17
Looking for studies employing Foucault's technique of genealogy	15
Were there any Jews converts to Christianity in late Roman Empire? How were they perceived by other Christians?	15
How was the love and life of polygamous marriage in early/medieval Islam?	15
The Druze believe that the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim was an incarnation of God. Why? What was the context?	13
Why would a 9th century Frankish theologian contemplate whether dog-headed men, beings that might not have existed, should be preached upon Gospels? How did people perceive beings of such beastly nature at his time?	11
How/when did the American film industry go from forbidding to "throw the sympathy of the audience with sin, crime, wrong-doing or evil" in the 1930s, to humanizing, even romanticizing villains and criminals?	10
Jesus, with his brother, Isukiri, was said to be buried in a small town in Japan. How did this belief/myth develop there?	10
Recommended readings of history of science and technology in Southeast Asia	8