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The Jews and Christians famously refused to stray from monotheism and worship the Roman emperors, which...caused them some problems. Did other monotheistic religions get into similar trouble? How did the Romans deal with them?	3
Was Greek conquest of Constantinople/Instanbul realistic for the fledgling nation, given the disparities between it and Turkey?	3
Why did so many revolutions spring at the same time in 1848?	3
What would Easter celebrations look like in Colonial Virginia, both in terms of religious observance and family/community celebration?	3
Did standardized tests for college admissions get introduced to the west via emulation of China's imperial civil service exams?	3
If I visited a medieval English town circa 1,000 A.D. with 1,200 inhabitants, how many shops would I find? Would they have a market square with lots of vendors? Would traveling merchants come through to hawk their wares?	3
How did Jerusalem have room for the thousands of Jews — from inside Isreal and abroad — who arrived at the capital? Massive tent cities outside the walls? Even in the Roman era the city was reliant on wells and imported much of its food, so how did they provide for the pilgrims?	3
East Germany was never officially part of the USSR. How much independence did they really have?	3
Food at American restaurants before the 19th century was called, "abundant but not delicate." Foreign diners often commented on the vast quantities consumed and seemed to imply that Americans were gluttons. Was this a fair representation? Why/how were American eating habits different than European?	3
Schoolchildren often call their school teachers and friends of their parents Miss Firstname in the US Southwest. In the Northeast it's usually miss Lastname. How long has this difference existed? Do we know how it developed?	3

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