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How did Muslim rulers react to heresy within their Christian and other dhimmi communities?

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Why did entomophagy never develop in Europe?

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Would pre-modern societies have had any concept of "fundamental human rights" owed to every human regardless of their status?

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How do historians "feel" about the way history is used in other academic disciplines? How much do you engage with them?

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How similar were political systems and identities under the Zhou/Qin dynasties and the Roman Empire? Why did China tend towards unification, while Europe stayed divided?

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How did pre-modern Chinese react to the differences between subsets and minority groups within the Han ethnicity? Did they conceive of the Cantonese, Hokkien, etc. as being fundamentally the same thing with a funny manner of speaking, or did they recognise deeper cultural distinctions?

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How widespread was raiding in "Viking" Scandinavian society? Who would go raiding, and how were they organised?

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At first glance, Classical Chinese and Latin seem to have been roughly equivalent in their place in East Asian and Western society. Is this a fair assessment? What role did the two languages have in the history and society of each region?

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Chinese culture draws on and reveres the ancient masters, such as Confucius, Mencius and Laozi. Was this the case for their neighbours? How did Sinosphere countries such as Japan or Vietnam interact with the characters from imported Chinese culture?

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In Western nomenclature, Hakka is the only Chinese dialect/ethnic group to be referred to in their own language rather than in Mandarin. Why is this?

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How did Muslim rulers react to heresy within their Christian and other dhimmi communities?	11
Why did entomophagy never develop in Europe?	11
Would pre-modern societies have had any concept of "fundamental human rights" owed to every human regardless of their status?	10
How do historians "feel" about the way history is used in other academic disciplines? How much do you engage with them?	10
How similar were political systems and identities under the Zhou/Qin dynasties and the Roman Empire? Why did China tend towards unification, while Europe stayed divided?	9
How did pre-modern Chinese react to the differences between subsets and minority groups within the Han ethnicity? Did they conceive of the Cantonese, Hokkien, etc. as being fundamentally the same thing with a funny manner of speaking, or did they recognise deeper cultural distinctions?	9
How widespread was raiding in "Viking" Scandinavian society? Who would go raiding, and how were they organised?	9
At first glance, Classical Chinese and Latin seem to have been roughly equivalent in their place in East Asian and Western society. Is this a fair assessment? What role did the two languages have in the history and society of each region?	8
Chinese culture draws on and reveres the ancient masters, such as Confucius, Mencius and Laozi. Was this the case for their neighbours? How did Sinosphere countries such as Japan or Vietnam interact with the characters from imported Chinese culture?	8
In Western nomenclature, Hakka is the only Chinese dialect/ethnic group to be referred to in their own language rather than in Mandarin. Why is this?	8