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What conditions affect the deterioration of books, scrolls, and other writing materials? What kind of environments tend to have "last survivors" after most of a culture's texts have been lost to time?

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What were the actual positions of those who opposed the rationalist ideals of the Enlightenment? Was anyone actually against the idea of making decisions based on rational thought, or is this an instance of history being written by the winners?

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What did Mesopotamian bread taste like?

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What were the actual positions of those who opposed the rationalist ideals of the Enlightenment? Was anyone actually against the idea of making decisions based on rational thought, or is this an instance of history being written by the winners?

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When and why did divorce become socially acceptable in the West?

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Why did people start using iron instead of bronze?

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How did people process the trauma of slavery after emancipation? What kind of challenges did they encounter trying to adjust to a new life?

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Did people use the chaos of the French Revolution to argue that democracy in general was doomed to failure?

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When did divorce start to be legalized in Europe and America?

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When and why did books replace scrolls?

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What conditions affect the deterioration of books, scrolls, and other writing materials? What kind of environments tend to have "last survivors" after most of a culture's texts have been lost to time?	14
What were the actual positions of those who opposed the rationalist ideals of the Enlightenment? Was anyone actually against the idea of making decisions based on rational thought, or is this an instance of history being written by the winners?	13
What did Mesopotamian bread taste like?	12
What were the actual positions of those who opposed the rationalist ideals of the Enlightenment? Was anyone actually against the idea of making decisions based on rational thought, or is this an instance of history being written by the winners?	11
When and why did divorce become socially acceptable in the West?	11
Why did people start using iron instead of bronze?	9
How did people process the trauma of slavery after emancipation? What kind of challenges did they encounter trying to adjust to a new life?	9
Did people use the chaos of the French Revolution to argue that democracy in general was doomed to failure?	9
When did divorce start to be legalized in Europe and America?	7
When and why did books replace scrolls?	5