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Why are there no old universities/education institutes that have survived from ancient Greece or Rome? Or, if there are, why are they not prominent?

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In Song Dynasty, Mathematics students' exam includes weather predictions. How did they predict the weather for the next 3 days and how was the grading process?

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Why is there so little German ancestral pride in the USA?

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In the 1930s, the Mann act was passed to protect women from being transported for “Immoral purposes”, yet twice I’ve read about it being used to justify Jim Crow style false accusations of rape against a black person. What’s up with that? NSFW

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did early Christians identify with the cross?

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What pressures caused the increase and then decline in Union Membership during the twentieth century in almost every developed county?

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What did the Muslims think of Christian religious/liturgical music in Western Europe?

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What was the extent of Jewish slavery in Ancient Egypt? What was the social structure like with both Jews and Egyptians?

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The House of Habsburg would bury their members' organs in their Ducal Crypt while burying the bodies in separate locations. Why?

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Why are there no old universities/education institutes that have survived from ancient Greece or Rome? Or, if there are, why are they not prominent?	43
In Song Dynasty, Mathematics students' exam includes weather predictions. How did they predict the weather for the next 3 days and how was the grading process?	43
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Why is there so little German ancestral pride in the USA?	43
In the 1930s, the Mann act was passed to protect women from being transported for “Immoral purposes”, yet twice I’ve read about it being used to justify Jim Crow style false accusations of rape against a black person. What’s up with that? NSFW	43
did early Christians identify with the cross?	43
What pressures caused the increase and then decline in Union Membership during the twentieth century in almost every developed county?	43
What did the Muslims think of Christian religious/liturgical music in Western Europe?	43
What was the extent of Jewish slavery in Ancient Egypt? What was the social structure like with both Jews and Egyptians?	43
The House of Habsburg would bury their members' organs in their Ducal Crypt while burying the bodies in separate locations. Why?	43