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What happened to all the "perpetual mass" endowments from the Late Middle Ages? Are people still praying for those souls? If not, when did they stop?

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Ethiopia stayed independent during the 19th-20th C European colonization of Africa. What enabled it to stay autonomous?

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How did women go from being fairly prominent in the early Christian groups to quite subordinate by the Middle Ages? When did this happen?

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Was long-term imprisonment ever invented as punishment independently of European influence?

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The Gospel of John talks about Jesus having a "seamless robe". From a historical perspective, what is this and why include this detail?

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Did Europeans invent long-term imprisonment as a form of punishment, or was it invented elsewhere as well?

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How accurate is the acclaimed recent novel Hild?

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What was the U.S. public's reaction to the AT&T "You Will" series of futuristic-technology ads in 1993 & 1994?

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You often hear warnings against "fighting the last war". To what extent did the U.S. military make that mistake in Vietnam?

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What happened to all the "perpetual mass" endowments from the Late Middle Ages? Are people still praying for those souls? If not, when did they stop?	1291
Ethiopia stayed independent during the 19th-20th C European colonization of Africa. What enabled it to stay autonomous?	90
How did women go from being fairly prominent in the early Christian groups to quite subordinate by the Middle Ages? When did this happen?	46
Was long-term imprisonment ever invented as punishment independently of European influence?	23
The Gospel of John talks about Jesus having a "seamless robe". From a historical perspective, what is this and why include this detail?	19
Did Europeans invent long-term imprisonment as a form of punishment, or was it invented elsewhere as well?	17
How accurate is the acclaimed recent novel Hild?	7
What was the U.S. public's reaction to the AT&T "You Will" series of futuristic-technology ads in 1993 & 1994?	2
You often hear warnings against "fighting the last war". To what extent did the U.S. military make that mistake in Vietnam?	0