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In Western literature, from religious texts to songs by the Scissor Sisters, ancient Babylon is often depicted as a place of decadence and hedonism, but what do historians actually know about social life and entertainment in the city during its long existence in antiquity?
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What trends in popular memory, on and off reddit and internet culture in general, contribute to this sub being dominated by questions about Medieval Europe and the Roman Empire?
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How was Hellenized Judaism distinct from more Orthodox Judaism in the period before the Maccabean Revolt?
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Once European/Euroamerican physicians had rejected the Gaelenic model of the human body, what did they believe was the continued medical utility of bleedings?
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2nd attempt: 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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When I drink coffee in the morning, I associate it with increased energy and productivity at my job. I think the culture of the United States generally does so as well. But in an age before capitalism and widespread wage labor relations, did this mental association exist?
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18th and 19th century Russian literature is full of duels, and at least two acclaimed 18th century Russian authors died in duels. How pervasive and destructive was the practice of dueling over the course of Russian history up to the 20th century?
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In the 1750s, Christopher Gist did some surveys of the Ohio valley for English interests and discovered mammoth remains. Supposedly he sent the gigantic molars back to his employers. What would they have thought of this? What did the western world know about the paleolithic era at this point?
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Did the rapid destruction of bison populations in North America during the long 19th century produce negative environmental externalities that cointemporaries or later historians observed?
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