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What was it like to be a medieval european “hostage” traded as part of a friendly treaty?

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What did Clara Zeitkin think about Rosa Luxemburg dating her son?

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Were women ever able to become enfranchised citizens in medieval European cities?

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Where did the taboo on interracial marriage come from? Why is it present in some racist societies and not others?

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How often would a medieval European peasant experience armed violence in their lifetime?

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Slavery is extremely old and still exists today. Is abolitionism — demanding the total end of slavery — as old, or is it a modern phenomenon?

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Amilcar Cabral spoke often about the importance of women’s rights, power, and consciousness in the Guinean revolution. How much of that power survived the ensuing decades after independence?

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In 13th-century crusader Greece, why were the children of Latin-Greek unions shunned by the Latins?

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How have cigarette/joint papers changed over time? What’s the history of rolling our smokes?

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In 1211, German colonists in Riga built a church on the site of a Couronian burial ground. Was this seen as disrespectful at the time?

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What was it like to be a medieval european “hostage” traded as part of a friendly treaty?	8
What did Clara Zeitkin think about Rosa Luxemburg dating her son?	8
Were women ever able to become enfranchised citizens in medieval European cities?	7
Where did the taboo on interracial marriage come from? Why is it present in some racist societies and not others?	7
How often would a medieval European peasant experience armed violence in their lifetime?	6
Slavery is extremely old and still exists today. Is abolitionism — demanding the total end of slavery — as old, or is it a modern phenomenon?	6
Amilcar Cabral spoke often about the importance of women’s rights, power, and consciousness in the Guinean revolution. How much of that power survived the ensuing decades after independence?	6
In 13th-century crusader Greece, why were the children of Latin-Greek unions shunned by the Latins?	6
How have cigarette/joint papers changed over time? What’s the history of rolling our smokes?	5
In 1211, German colonists in Riga built a church on the site of a Couronian burial ground. Was this seen as disrespectful at the time?	5