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Often photos of Pre-Revolution Iran or Pre-Taliban Afghanistan are posted, showing how similar these countries were in the 60's and 70's to the West. How accurate was this estimation?

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The Byzantine Empire considered itself Roman, called itself Roman, was in fact the same polity as the Eastern Roman Empire. What did Western Europe, with its glorification of Rome, think of Byzantium?

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What did Western Europe think of the Byzantine Empire? Did they not consider it the Roman Empire (like the Byzantines themselves did)? If not, why not?

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How did the deeply engrained sexism of early modern England work with the first Queens regnant, Mary and Elizabeth and her advisors and nobles?

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What did western Europeans in the Middle Ages, with their praise of Rome, think of the Byzantine Empire? Did they view it as "Roman" or something else?

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How did the Kim family come to such complete power in the DPRK? Reading the "Ten Principals of a Monolithic Ideological System" in North Korea, I have to ask: why did fall for it?

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Were the Eastern and Western Roman Empires considered the same political entity during the time they coexisted?

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Something a bit more recent: Was Turkey legally justified under the Treaty of Guarantee in its invasion of Cyprus in 1974, and shouldn't that treaty also ban Cyprus from joining the EU?

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When did the common man in, say, Europe, start thinking consciously about a 12- or 24-hour day, and not just "morning", "evening", etc?

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Often photos of Pre-Revolution Iran or Pre-Taliban Afghanistan are posted, showing how similar these countries were in the 60's and 70's to the West. How accurate was this estimation?	194
The Byzantine Empire considered itself Roman, called itself Roman, was in fact the same polity as the Eastern Roman Empire. What did Western Europe, with its glorification of Rome, think of Byzantium?	70
What did Western Europe think of the Byzantine Empire? Did they not consider it the Roman Empire (like the Byzantines themselves did)? If not, why not?	46
How did the deeply engrained sexism of early modern England work with the first Queens regnant, Mary and Elizabeth and her advisors and nobles?	7
What did western Europeans in the Middle Ages, with their praise of Rome, think of the Byzantine Empire? Did they view it as "Roman" or something else?	6
How did the Kim family come to such complete power in the DPRK? Reading the "Ten Principals of a Monolithic Ideological System" in North Korea, I have to ask: why did fall for it?	6
Were the Eastern and Western Roman Empires considered the same political entity during the time they coexisted?	4
Something a bit more recent: Was Turkey legally justified under the Treaty of Guarantee in its invasion of Cyprus in 1974, and shouldn't that treaty also ban Cyprus from joining the EU?	2
When did the common man in, say, Europe, start thinking consciously about a 12- or 24-hour day, and not just "morning", "evening", etc?	2