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Could I get an expert opinion on this massively upvoted post about ancient Egyptian slavery?

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For the experts: what impact has feminist scholarship had on your own area of study?

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Many people label the Victorian era as "sex-negative" - was this really the case?

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At what point did Stonehenge cease to be simply a set of ruins and begin to be a tourist destination? Why did its first "tourists" visit it?

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How did Cardinal Richelieu - a catholic cleric living in France - become one of the most powerful political figures in all of Europe?

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How did major figures who had been involved in the Confederacy (i.e. Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, etc.) respond to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?

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Given that the torture device known as the "iron maiden" is basically fictional, why and how did it get so swiftly accepted as being an actual thing?

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I'd like to hear some serious discussion of the usefulness of the term "Renaissance"

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Were there any prominent women who were composers in the age of Beethoven, Mozart, etc.?

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Was there a "fandom" for the 'Lord of the Rings' books? What did it look like and what did it do as they were released?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Could I get an expert opinion on this massively upvoted post about ancient Egyptian slavery?	24
For the experts: what impact has feminist scholarship had on your own area of study?	24
Many people label the Victorian era as "sex-negative" - was this really the case?	24
At what point did Stonehenge cease to be simply a set of ruins and begin to be a tourist destination? Why did its first "tourists" visit it?	24
How did Cardinal Richelieu - a catholic cleric living in France - become one of the most powerful political figures in all of Europe?	24
How did major figures who had been involved in the Confederacy (i.e. Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, etc.) respond to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln?	23
Given that the torture device known as the "iron maiden" is basically fictional, why and how did it get so swiftly accepted as being an actual thing?	22
I'd like to hear some serious discussion of the usefulness of the term "Renaissance"	22
Were there any prominent women who were composers in the age of Beethoven, Mozart, etc.?	22
Was there a "fandom" for the 'Lord of the Rings' books? What did it look like and what did it do as they were released?	22