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I think about all the surnames that are occupations - do we have records of people in 'medieval' Europe who changed the family business? Did they change their names?
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Why was preservation of the body such an important part of ancient Egyptian religion? Did they mind that mummies are still rather decayed when compared to a living body?
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In 212 roman emperor Caracalla gave citizenship to every free man in the empire. Why did he do that and who could have become citizen before that? Did he do this because of a social problem in the empire?
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