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Was Cui Jian really banned from performing in Beijing after 1989 Tiananmen Square killings?

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Loyalist emigration from the newly formed United States

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I heard in an interview that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) exhibits some influence from Islamic medicine. How did this influence occur, and was there any influence flowing in the other direction?

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Renaissance Italy: Did the Church really prosecute insects and rodents to deter heresy and keep the tithes coming in?

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What firearms were used in the Taiping rebellion/civil war/revolutionary uprising?

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"Stoic martyrs"? Several Roman senators who were associated with Stoicism were executed for resistance to imperial excess. Were their political acts motivated by philosophical ideals? Was there persecution of Stoics in 1c. CE Rome?

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Vehicles for hire in the late 19th century: Why horse-powered carriages in Europe but human-powered rickshaws in East Asia?

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What do historians think of Frank Dikötter's work on Chinese history?

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I'm a writer from Halicarnassus in about 440 BCE, hoping to travel around the Mediterranean to collect sources for my project. How do I pay for my voyages? How do I find out which ships are heading my way and when they will depart?

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Why did Herodotus say the Euphrates and Tigris rivers emptied into the Red Sea?

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Was Cui Jian really banned from performing in Beijing after 1989 Tiananmen Square killings?	4
Loyalist emigration from the newly formed United States	4
I heard in an interview that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) exhibits some influence from Islamic medicine. How did this influence occur, and was there any influence flowing in the other direction?	4
Renaissance Italy: Did the Church really prosecute insects and rodents to deter heresy and keep the tithes coming in?	4
What firearms were used in the Taiping rebellion/civil war/revolutionary uprising?	4
"Stoic martyrs"? Several Roman senators who were associated with Stoicism were executed for resistance to imperial excess. Were their political acts motivated by philosophical ideals? Was there persecution of Stoics in 1c. CE Rome?	4
Vehicles for hire in the late 19th century: Why horse-powered carriages in Europe but human-powered rickshaws in East Asia?	3
What do historians think of Frank Dikötter's work on Chinese history?	3
I'm a writer from Halicarnassus in about 440 BCE, hoping to travel around the Mediterranean to collect sources for my project. How do I pay for my voyages? How do I find out which ships are heading my way and when they will depart?	3
Why did Herodotus say the Euphrates and Tigris rivers emptied into the Red Sea?	3