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I’m an ordinary peasant woman in 11th-century France or England, who feels that something’s gone wrong in her life. How would I secure a formal Confession, and how would that process play out?

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Did China really lag behind the West, Middle East, and India in theoretical mathematics? Why?

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Was Ukraine the “breadbasket of the East” prior to the Industrial Revolution? If not, why not?

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Who exactly was the Thracian Horseman? Was he a deity, a historical figure, or just a man in a Classical motif? Did he have a proper name? Was there a cult dedicated to him?

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Is there a historical logic to the division between the Old Testament names that seem ordinary for Christians today (Daniel, Jacob, Benjamin) and those that seem "old-timey" or exclusively Jewish (Nehemiah, Ezekiel, Moses)?

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The mythic history of the ancient Near East - Egypt, Canaan, Syria, Babylon - is full of "magicians" and "sorcerers" going around and doing impressive things to kings and such. Were these the same sort of tricks as magicians use today, and did people of that time really take them seriously?

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Did Ptolemy II face any... apprehension from his fellow Macedonians for marrying his sister?

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I’m an ordinary peasant woman in 11th-century France or England, who feels that something’s gone wrong in her life. How would I secure a formal Confession, and how would that process play out?	26
Did China really lag behind the West, Middle East, and India in theoretical mathematics? Why?	16
Was Ukraine the “breadbasket of the East” prior to the Industrial Revolution? If not, why not?	8
Who exactly was the Thracian Horseman? Was he a deity, a historical figure, or just a man in a Classical motif? Did he have a proper name? Was there a cult dedicated to him?	5
Is there a historical logic to the division between the Old Testament names that seem ordinary for Christians today (Daniel, Jacob, Benjamin) and those that seem "old-timey" or exclusively Jewish (Nehemiah, Ezekiel, Moses)?	5
The mythic history of the ancient Near East - Egypt, Canaan, Syria, Babylon - is full of "magicians" and "sorcerers" going around and doing impressive things to kings and such. Were these the same sort of tricks as magicians use today, and did people of that time really take them seriously?	3
Did Ptolemy II face any... apprehension from his fellow Macedonians for marrying his sister?	2