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Was there ever a time when homosexuality was as accepted as it is now in Western society? For example were homosexual couples allowed to openly exist or even have a family without it being taboo?

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Why did the individual Greek city-states of Greece such as Sparta, Athens, etc. identify as the country Greece?

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How did pre-history nomadic humans handle the elderly who were too weak to travel?

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Why weren’t there more internal conflicts after the American Revolution? Revolutions tend to devolve into violent factionalism after the ruling party has been deposed and a power vacuum is created. Why didn’t this happen in America?

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I was taught the establishment of the Catholic Church was a straight line. The apostles spread Jesus’ teachings, Christians were initially persecuted, then it became the official religion of Rome. What are the discrepancies between the Church’s version of its early history & historical records?

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What was it like for German civilians who were genuinely devoted to the Nazi ideology, after the Nazi’s fell and the full horrors of the Holocaust were revealed?

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Was there ever a time when homosexuality was as accepted as it is now in Western society? For example were homosexual couples allowed to openly exist or even have a family without it being taboo?	2950
Why did the individual Greek city-states of Greece such as Sparta, Athens, etc. identify as the country Greece?	12
How did pre-history nomadic humans handle the elderly who were too weak to travel?	12
Why weren’t there more internal conflicts after the American Revolution? Revolutions tend to devolve into violent factionalism after the ruling party has been deposed and a power vacuum is created. Why didn’t this happen in America?	8
I was taught the establishment of the Catholic Church was a straight line. The apostles spread Jesus’ teachings, Christians were initially persecuted, then it became the official religion of Rome. What are the discrepancies between the Church’s version of its early history & historical records?	8
What was it like for German civilians who were genuinely devoted to the Nazi ideology, after the Nazi’s fell and the full horrors of the Holocaust were revealed?	7