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During the Roman Empire, a lot of important imperial positions within the Imperial Family were occupied by freedmen/women and slaves. What was the highest office occupied by slaves in antebellum?

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Is my teacher wrong? If so, to what extent?

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I was told that Chinese people, under the cultivation of Confucianism, consider the knife and fork to symbolize violence and that's why we have Chop-Sticks. Is this factual?

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It's commonly said that Byzantium, the Islamic world, and the barbarian kingdoms in the west were the heirs to the Roman Empire. Which is deserving of that moniker?

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When did Romans stop thinking of themselves as Romans?

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Why were the Jehovah's Witnesses specifically marked as a threat by the Nazis during World War II?

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Hobbit Colonialism

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What was the daily life like inside the Japanese internment camps in America during the 1940s?

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What happened between 1450 and 1600CE to cause real wages to fall both in Europe and in China?

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Did Thomas Jefferson enslave his children that he had by Sally Hemings?

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During the Roman Empire, a lot of important imperial positions within the Imperial Family were occupied by freedmen/women and slaves. What was the highest office occupied by slaves in antebellum?	38
Is my teacher wrong? If so, to what extent?	37
I was told that Chinese people, under the cultivation of Confucianism, consider the knife and fork to symbolize violence and that's why we have Chop-Sticks. Is this factual?	37
It's commonly said that Byzantium, the Islamic world, and the barbarian kingdoms in the west were the heirs to the Roman Empire. Which is deserving of that moniker?	37
When did Romans stop thinking of themselves as Romans?	37
Why were the Jehovah's Witnesses specifically marked as a threat by the Nazis during World War II?	37
Hobbit Colonialism	37
What was the daily life like inside the Japanese internment camps in America during the 1940s?	37
What happened between 1450 and 1600CE to cause real wages to fall both in Europe and in China?	37
Did Thomas Jefferson enslave his children that he had by Sally Hemings?	37