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In Disney song "Reflection", Mulan asks "when will my reflection show who I am inside". Would a medieval Chinese person from Mulan's time recognize this conception of a "true self"?
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How do historians approach using documentary films as primary sources? What are some methodological differences between film sources and traditional print sources?
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What did the American Founding Fathers believe were the causes of the Roman Republic's collapse? How does that interpretation differ with what historians now know?
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Why do most maps of the Middle East around WWI leave central Arabia as a blank space? Did Westerners know about the Rashidi and Saudi emirates in that blank?
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What did satellite parties in communist regimes' "united fronts" do on a day-to-day basis? What were career prospects like for its members?
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How did Ip Man go from being a respected martial artist to a global pop culture icon in his own right today?
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Until the Yuan Dynasty, multiple Chinese dynasties could coexist in equilibrium. After the Yuan, regime legitimacy and territorial control became all-or-nothing. What changed?
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