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Did monotheism only develop in the ancient Near East (Akhenaten, Zoroaster, Judaism, etcetera), or have there been other instances of it in other parts of the world?
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How common was adultery amongst the nobility during Tudor, Elizabethan or Jacobean era England? Are there any writings such as letters or journals by people (especially women) who were involved in extramarital affairs from this era that have survived to be studied in the present day?
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In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality as a diagnosis from the second edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM); as a queer person living in America at the time, what, if anything at all, changes for me and the day to day lives of my community?
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Have any firsthand written accounts from survivors of the eruption of Vesuvius from Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 A.D. been discovered?
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Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and son of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Elisabeth of Bavaria, was found dead of an apparent murder-suicide pact with his lover in 1889. How did the scandal of the Crown Prince’s death impact the nation and the royal family at the time?
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Question about historiography: what is the difference between approaching the past from a women’s or gender history perspective versus approaching it from a feminist history perspective?
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Why and when did primogeniture become the most-popular system for succession in monarchies over other systems?
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What did Olmec villages or habitations look like, and how were they laid out? Have there been any archeological recreations of what an Olmec community would’ve looked like?
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What are the origins of outsider, folk and naïve art, and what led the art establishment to study or value art by unconventional, unprofessional or unschooled artists? Was acceptance and inclusion of these kinds of artists controversial amongst the arbiters and pundits of the art world at the time?
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