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Was there less poverty in Africa 200 years ago than there is now?

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A professor of mine told me that every instance of the word "demon", "wind", "spirit", or "illness" in the New Testament is the Greek word "pneuma", which was considered to be an invisible, fine substance. How true is this? How did Roman-era Greeks view pneuma?

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Would a 12th century English serf expect to ever meet the local earl in his lifetime?

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How did Soviet schools and universities teach competing leftist ideologies like Trotskyism, Maoism, and anarchism?

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Is the normalization of sex work in Thailand an old tradition, or the result of modern-day Western tourism?

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How would one become a mercenary in high medieval Europe or the Islamic World? What would mercenaries do, besides fighting?

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I have seen several blog posts expressing sentiments that European colonialism was more brutal and harmful than Islamic, Mongolian, or Roman expansion. Is this evidence to support this?

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How did the myth of Roman leather armbands begin?

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My history textbook references "triangular meeting places" in seventh century Anglo-Saxon culture, which were meeting places that looked like small amphitheaters or athletic bleachers. What do we know about these sites?

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How common was infidelity among Medieval English knights and gentlemen? Would a wealthy, titeless man be expected to have a mistress?

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Was there less poverty in Africa 200 years ago than there is now?	109
A professor of mine told me that every instance of the word "demon", "wind", "spirit", or "illness" in the New Testament is the Greek word "pneuma", which was considered to be an invisible, fine substance. How true is this? How did Roman-era Greeks view pneuma?	109
Would a 12th century English serf expect to ever meet the local earl in his lifetime?	109
How did Soviet schools and universities teach competing leftist ideologies like Trotskyism, Maoism, and anarchism?	108
Is the normalization of sex work in Thailand an old tradition, or the result of modern-day Western tourism?	107
How would one become a mercenary in high medieval Europe or the Islamic World? What would mercenaries do, besides fighting?	104
I have seen several blog posts expressing sentiments that European colonialism was more brutal and harmful than Islamic, Mongolian, or Roman expansion. Is this evidence to support this?	104
How did the myth of Roman leather armbands begin?	102
My history textbook references "triangular meeting places" in seventh century Anglo-Saxon culture, which were meeting places that looked like small amphitheaters or athletic bleachers. What do we know about these sites?	102
How common was infidelity among Medieval English knights and gentlemen? Would a wealthy, titeless man be expected to have a mistress?	102