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When and how fast did the employment of domestic workers by middle class households decline in the United States?

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When did Halakhic slavery fall out of practice in the Jewish world? Was a distinction drawn between it and 'civil slavery' in jurisdictions that permitted such, and were Jews religiously permitted to engage in that?

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During the Islamic Golden Age intellectuals engaged significantly with Greek philosophy, did Greek literature interest them at all?

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Okinawa only became a part of Japan in 1879, less than 60 years before the Marco Polo Bridge incident. Did the attitudes of Okinawans towards WW2 differ from Home Islands Japanese?

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Were any British people uncomfortable with the idea of their country waging annexationist wars against the Boers?

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When Haiti invaded and attempted to incorporate Santo Domingo (now Dominican Republic), were the ethnic demographics similar to today, with Haiti largely black and Santo Domingo largely mestizo? How did that affect the national narrative of Haiti as a black republic?

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Would a proxy marriage between nobles or royalty in Western Europe between 15th and 17th century have have been considered valid if one of the spouses died before it was consummated?

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What were the cultural impacts of the massive devastation of the Thirty Years' War?

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What was the UK's role in pro-Greek unification coup and Turkish invasion of Cyprus?

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Why didn't the circumstances behind the Latin American wars of independence beget revolutions in Cuba or Puerto Rico?

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When and how fast did the employment of domestic workers by middle class households decline in the United States?	18
When did Halakhic slavery fall out of practice in the Jewish world? Was a distinction drawn between it and 'civil slavery' in jurisdictions that permitted such, and were Jews religiously permitted to engage in that?	17
During the Islamic Golden Age intellectuals engaged significantly with Greek philosophy, did Greek literature interest them at all?	17
Okinawa only became a part of Japan in 1879, less than 60 years before the Marco Polo Bridge incident. Did the attitudes of Okinawans towards WW2 differ from Home Islands Japanese?	16
Were any British people uncomfortable with the idea of their country waging annexationist wars against the Boers?	15
When Haiti invaded and attempted to incorporate Santo Domingo (now Dominican Republic), were the ethnic demographics similar to today, with Haiti largely black and Santo Domingo largely mestizo? How did that affect the national narrative of Haiti as a black republic?	14
Would a proxy marriage between nobles or royalty in Western Europe between 15th and 17th century have have been considered valid if one of the spouses died before it was consummated?	13
What were the cultural impacts of the massive devastation of the Thirty Years' War?	13
What was the UK's role in pro-Greek unification coup and Turkish invasion of Cyprus?	11
Why didn't the circumstances behind the Latin American wars of independence beget revolutions in Cuba or Puerto Rico?	11