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The Barmakid family that supplied viziers and administrators for the Abbasids were originally hereditary abbots of a Buddhist monastery in modern Afghanistan. How does that work? Was celibacy not required in Afghan/Bactrian Buddhism?
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So many Roman Emperors get assassinated - so why did guys keep going after the job? Did they think they wouldn't assassinated or was the motivation "sure I'll die, but at least I'll be emperor for a bit"?
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Chemists in the 19th and early 20th centuries seem to have had no inhibitions with regards to putting newly synthesized chemicals in their mouths to see what would happen. What were the consequences of this? What was the professional mortality rate for research chemists?
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Since the failed attempt of the Dominican Republic to join the US during Grant's term, has any foreign, independent country tried to join the US or given it serious internal discussion?
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In the Turkish show Ertuğrul the women of the tribe are depicted as primarily engaging in textile production with the sale of textiles being highly important to acquire food to survive. Is this an accurate depiction of 13th century Turkmen tribal econonies?
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Was feuding in the Holy Roman Empire restricted to knights and nobles or could peasants and burgher families end up in extended violent conflicts?
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Was Roman priesthood an occupation or a role taken on for specific events or rituals? If they were a full time occupation whence did they draw their salaries?
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How available was milled flour in the Indian subcontinent historically? Did watermills or windmills exist at all?
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