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Was the British public generally aware of accusations of collusion between British military and police with loyalist gangs and terrorists before the 1989 investigations and if so did they care? How did they react once the accusations came to light?	12
In the 1990s U.S. where I grew up ballet (& to some extent dance in general) was thought of as a hobby "just for girls". To what extent was dance (classical dance, ballet specifically) a heavily-gendered activity in the U.S. in the 1890s through the mid 20th century?	12
What happened to all the newly minted Greeks who didn't speak Greek and the new Turks who didn't speak Turkish after the population exchanges?	11
What was the "racial" hierarchy like in the Ottoman Empire before the wide influence of Western ideas in the 19th century? All are supposed to be equal in Islam, but did the Ottomans behave that way re: their black, Roma, etc. subjects?	11
How did truth, certainty, and lying work in the ancient Roman mind? If two citizens gave contradictory testimony in court, would the Romans assume one was lying and one wasn't? Or was the idea that one or both were mistaken equally plausible?	11
What does a young upper class woman in the west of continental Europe during the High Middle Ages need to do, in her opinion, to live a "fulfilling"/"good" life?	11
The field of anthropology in the US is extremely hostile to collaboration w/ state entities in certain contexts: military/some foreign policy/etc. Do there exist official or unofficial ethical guidance regarding collaboration of historians w/ the state (or corporations) especially in these contexts?	11
Did Europeans in Mid Antiquity>Earliest Middle Ages believe their arms, armor, and tools to be fundamentally superior to those of the Heroic/Bronze Ages/early Classical period the way DnD/Civilization/RPG-influenced moderns do?	11
How many revolutions actually started in coffee houses? Were Early Modern institutional fears about "subversive" coffee house culture based on an actual link to, say, socially subversive salon culture or merely a perceived link?	11
Was "The Stars and Stripes Forever" by Sousa actually used as an "emergency song" (aka "The Disaster March") in circus and theatre?	11

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