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The story of God freeing the Jewish slaves from Egypt is one that had a lot of resonance amongst the Christian descendants of slaves. How far back does this go? When do we first see African-American, Jamaican, etc preachers drawing explicit parallels between their parishioners and Exodus?

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Why does modern Greek historiography not view the Byzantine Empire as a Greek Empire?

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I read today that, post-1919, most Arabs hoped to be under an American mandate if they couldn't have independence, and if not American would prefer British rule to French rule, because the French were widely hated. Is this true and why?

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Prior to the Great Schism, how did western European Christians refer to themselves?

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Gibbon's idea that Christianity caused the fall of Rome is seen as outdated. But can you argue that the collapsing power of Rome caused the rise of Christianity?

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In 1963, according to British observers, Mauritians voted primarily by ethnicity and caste. Yet today, Mauritius has very good race relations and is considered to have one of the best governance cultures in Africa. How did they do so well?

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In the 50s in the Southern USA, if a white man loved a black woman, what could they do?

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Why is France's population density so low compared to Germany, Britain and Italy?

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(NSFW) Do we have any evidence that Egyptian brother-sister marriage was hindered by what we call the Westermarck effect, i.e. innate disgust for brother-sister or child-parent sex? NSFW

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How far back do the ethnic tensions in the Balkans go? Did Serbs, Croats, Bosnians and Albanians have such bad relations under the Ottomans and in the Middle Ages?

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The story of God freeing the Jewish slaves from Egypt is one that had a lot of resonance amongst the Christian descendants of slaves. How far back does this go? When do we first see African-American, Jamaican, etc preachers drawing explicit parallels between their parishioners and Exodus?	137
Why does modern Greek historiography not view the Byzantine Empire as a Greek Empire?	134
I read today that, post-1919, most Arabs hoped to be under an American mandate if they couldn't have independence, and if not American would prefer British rule to French rule, because the French were widely hated. Is this true and why?	131
Prior to the Great Schism, how did western European Christians refer to themselves?	122
Gibbon's idea that Christianity caused the fall of Rome is seen as outdated. But can you argue that the collapsing power of Rome caused the rise of Christianity?	116
In 1963, according to British observers, Mauritians voted primarily by ethnicity and caste. Yet today, Mauritius has very good race relations and is considered to have one of the best governance cultures in Africa. How did they do so well?	108
In the 50s in the Southern USA, if a white man loved a black woman, what could they do?	108
Why is France's population density so low compared to Germany, Britain and Italy?	105
(NSFW) Do we have any evidence that Egyptian brother-sister marriage was hindered by what we call the Westermarck effect, i.e. innate disgust for brother-sister or child-parent sex? NSFW	104
How far back do the ethnic tensions in the Balkans go? Did Serbs, Croats, Bosnians and Albanians have such bad relations under the Ottomans and in the Middle Ages?	101