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I’m an upper-class Englishman in Victorian England during the height of Egyptomania who has been invited to a mummy unwrapping party. What can I hope to expect?

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How could you tell a slave from a free man in Ancient Rome? Was there a defining brand/mark? Could escaped slaves easily blend in to urban populations?

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The typical slave from the American South is usually imagined as working in a cotton field or as a house servant. Are there any other portions of the southern economy (mining, fishing, etc.) where slaves played a massive part?

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Why was there exceptional cruelty involved in the transatlantic slave trade? Wouldn’t there be many benefits to treating slaves better by keeping them well fed and in family groups?

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I’m a Babylonian laborer that’s part of a caravan moving a recently conquered city’s patron god statue to Babylon. Do I believe we’re transporting an actual deity?

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In ancient societies was hearing people having sex a common occurrence, or did couples somehow seek out privacy for intimate relations?

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Did Native Americans maintain trails in hilly or mountainous regions prior to Europeans arriving?

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Incan rulers would be mummified, retain all their possessions, and even be “consulted” far after their death. What did the “consultation” look like and did people truly believe their old leader was still... there?

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How did the Allied forces react to the failed July 20th Plot and Operation Valkyrie?

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Did citizens of the Weimar Republic believe that Hitler was merely joking about some of his political claims during his rise to power?

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I’m an upper-class Englishman in Victorian England during the height of Egyptomania who has been invited to a mummy unwrapping party. What can I hope to expect?	4315
How could you tell a slave from a free man in Ancient Rome? Was there a defining brand/mark? Could escaped slaves easily blend in to urban populations?	2752
The typical slave from the American South is usually imagined as working in a cotton field or as a house servant. Are there any other portions of the southern economy (mining, fishing, etc.) where slaves played a massive part?	535
Why was there exceptional cruelty involved in the transatlantic slave trade? Wouldn’t there be many benefits to treating slaves better by keeping them well fed and in family groups?	77
I’m a Babylonian laborer that’s part of a caravan moving a recently conquered city’s patron god statue to Babylon. Do I believe we’re transporting an actual deity?	75
In ancient societies was hearing people having sex a common occurrence, or did couples somehow seek out privacy for intimate relations?	48
Did Native Americans maintain trails in hilly or mountainous regions prior to Europeans arriving?	43
Incan rulers would be mummified, retain all their possessions, and even be “consulted” far after their death. What did the “consultation” look like and did people truly believe their old leader was still... there?	43
How did the Allied forces react to the failed July 20th Plot and Operation Valkyrie?	30
Did citizens of the Weimar Republic believe that Hitler was merely joking about some of his political claims during his rise to power?	26