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Do we have specific dates for the specific policies that the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser I eventually compiled into the Harem Edicts and other legal codes?

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I've heard Bougainville's Nagovisi people called matriarchal, but Papua in general and Bougainville in particular have some of the world's highest rates of misogynistic violence. Is this characterization of the Nagovisi accurate? If so, were other Papuans also less patriarchal before colonialism?

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Wikipedia says that the Great Depression prompted many immigrants in the US to return to their countries of birth. Did this vary by which country an immigrant was from, since the Depression had varying impacts in varying countries?

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Did the Ottoman Empire ever recruit Romani Janissaries?

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Was the Assyrian legal code of Tiglath-Pileser I compiled from pre-existing laws, or did he come up with them himself?

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I know self-described socialists (like Nasser in Egypt and the Ba'athists in Syria and Iraq) have played an important role in postcolonial Arab politics, but were they involved in early nationalism after WW1?

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Another Roman-related question: how much did Greek society retain its own identity under Roman rule, and how much was it assimilated?

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In the Roman Empire, did the slave trade take the form of transactions other than the stereotypical slave market?

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What were the standards of proof in premodern courts before forensic science? How would, say, a fair Roman court reasonably determine that someone had committed a crime?

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I know that some people in the ancient Middle East and Mediterranean used opium, so how did they consume it (smoking, tinctures, etc.)?

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Do we have specific dates for the specific policies that the Assyrian king Tiglath-Pileser I eventually compiled into the Harem Edicts and other legal codes?	5
I've heard Bougainville's Nagovisi people called matriarchal, but Papua in general and Bougainville in particular have some of the world's highest rates of misogynistic violence. Is this characterization of the Nagovisi accurate? If so, were other Papuans also less patriarchal before colonialism?	4
Wikipedia says that the Great Depression prompted many immigrants in the US to return to their countries of birth. Did this vary by which country an immigrant was from, since the Depression had varying impacts in varying countries?	3
Did the Ottoman Empire ever recruit Romani Janissaries?	3
Was the Assyrian legal code of Tiglath-Pileser I compiled from pre-existing laws, or did he come up with them himself?	3
I know self-described socialists (like Nasser in Egypt and the Ba'athists in Syria and Iraq) have played an important role in postcolonial Arab politics, but were they involved in early nationalism after WW1?	3
Another Roman-related question: how much did Greek society retain its own identity under Roman rule, and how much was it assimilated?	3
In the Roman Empire, did the slave trade take the form of transactions other than the stereotypical slave market?	3
What were the standards of proof in premodern courts before forensic science? How would, say, a fair Roman court reasonably determine that someone had committed a crime?	3
I know that some people in the ancient Middle East and Mediterranean used opium, so how did they consume it (smoking, tinctures, etc.)?	3