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How was "Hellenistic Judaism" distinct from more Orthodox (if that's the correct word) Jewish practices in the period before the Maccabean Revot?

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[magic] How do historians account for the increase in witch hunts and panics in early modern Europe compared to the medieval period?

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In Ancient Rome, did freemen and women generally remain within the household of their former enslaver or were they more likely to try and strike out on their own? What were the promises and perils of either option, if indeed it was an option?

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What did Ancient Egyptian arithmetic look like? How did it change over time? Did conquest by the Persians and Ptolemaic Greeks bring new arithmetic practices and forms?

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Is there any evidence that WPA "Slave Narratives" compiled during the Great Depression exaggerated the dialects of their subjects?

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What was the scientific model of the human body in China from the Song dynasty to the Ming dynasty?

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Did any historians of the Dunning School engage substantively with WEB DuBois's "Black Reconstruction in America" at the time of its publication?

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Was slavery really "on its way out" leading up to the secession of the confederate states? Is this a question worth answering?

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How do people who have studied the Black Panther Party assess David Horowitz as a source?

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Does premodern East or South Asian art have a pastoral tradition and genre?

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How was "Hellenistic Judaism" distinct from more Orthodox (if that's the correct word) Jewish practices in the period before the Maccabean Revot?	8
[magic] How do historians account for the increase in witch hunts and panics in early modern Europe compared to the medieval period?	8
In Ancient Rome, did freemen and women generally remain within the household of their former enslaver or were they more likely to try and strike out on their own? What were the promises and perils of either option, if indeed it was an option?	8
What did Ancient Egyptian arithmetic look like? How did it change over time? Did conquest by the Persians and Ptolemaic Greeks bring new arithmetic practices and forms?	7
Is there any evidence that WPA "Slave Narratives" compiled during the Great Depression exaggerated the dialects of their subjects?	5
What was the scientific model of the human body in China from the Song dynasty to the Ming dynasty?	5
Did any historians of the Dunning School engage substantively with WEB DuBois's "Black Reconstruction in America" at the time of its publication?	4
Was slavery really "on its way out" leading up to the secession of the confederate states? Is this a question worth answering?	4
How do people who have studied the Black Panther Party assess David Horowitz as a source?	4
Does premodern East or South Asian art have a pastoral tradition and genre?	3