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In what sense was a Mamluk a "slave"? Was he bought, and if so from whom and could he be sold again? What kind of work did he perform, and how would he advance his position later in life?

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The Roman emperor Elagabalus took an Aramaic name and worshiped a Semitic god. Was this a one-off, or could the influences of Semitic religious culture be felt throughout Rome?

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Repost question: Why do we think of the classic "witch hunt" as a Catholic, medieval phenomenon when it was in fact a Protestant, Early Modern one?

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Why are there so few Jews left in Ethiopia today? Why did they want to leave so badly?

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Were Belgians evacuated from their homes during WW1? How? Where did they go?

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In the mid-nineteenth century, American political parties were positively bristling with factions: War Democrats, Copperheads, Conservative Republicans, Radicals, Stalwarts, Half-Breeds, and so on. When and why did party factionalism decline in America?

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What happened to formal dancing after the French Revolution? Was there any attempt to "republicanize" the ballroom?

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Did any independent observers seriously entertain the Nazi false flag attack on the Polish border?

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Was Mixtec writing a fully-developed writing system? If so, why has there been so little interest in it?

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How did Washington Irving’s pseudohistories get so much traction, such that people still believe in his myths today?

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In what sense was a Mamluk a "slave"? Was he bought, and if so from whom and could he be sold again? What kind of work did he perform, and how would he advance his position later in life?	22	AskHistorians
The Roman emperor Elagabalus took an Aramaic name and worshiped a Semitic god. Was this a one-off, or could the influences of Semitic religious culture be felt throughout Rome?	16	AskHistorians
Repost question: Why do we think of the classic "witch hunt" as a Catholic, medieval phenomenon when it was in fact a Protestant, Early Modern one?	16	AskHistorians
Why are there so few Jews left in Ethiopia today? Why did they want to leave so badly?	15	AskHistorians
Were Belgians evacuated from their homes during WW1? How? Where did they go?	12	AskHistorians
In the mid-nineteenth century, American political parties were positively bristling with factions: War Democrats, Copperheads, Conservative Republicans, Radicals, Stalwarts, Half-Breeds, and so on. When and why did party factionalism decline in America?	11	AskHistorians
What happened to formal dancing after the French Revolution? Was there any attempt to "republicanize" the ballroom?	10	AskHistorians
Did any independent observers seriously entertain the Nazi false flag attack on the Polish border?	10	AskHistorians
Was Mixtec writing a fully-developed writing system? If so, why has there been so little interest in it?	9	AskHistorians
How did Washington Irving’s pseudohistories get so much traction, such that people still believe in his myths today?	9	AskHistorians