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Many Asian cultures have traditional ways of eating and sleeping that often occur on the floor, without a chair or a bed. What are the reasons for this?

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In modern times, we have celebrities and "rock stars" that are popular and treated with adulation wherever they go. Are there examples of this happening to people throughout history? Who were the "rock stars" of the middle ages and antiquity?

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Many Asian cultures have traditional ways of eating and sleeping that often occur on the floor, without a chair or a bed. What are the reasons for this?	34
In modern times, we have celebrities and "rock stars" that are popular and treated with adulation wherever they go. Are there examples of this happening to people throughout history? Who were the "rock stars" of the middle ages and antiquity?	1