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How did the depiction of religion on film, stage, & television change after the rapid growth of Christianity in South Korea from the mid 20th century onward?	10
What was Ottoman family law like and how did it change between the mid-17th century and the empire's dissolution, especially as it relates to inter-confessional marriages? How did Ottoman family law influence laws in Ottoman successor states, especially outside of the Republic of Turkey?	10
Does slavery/forced labor leave an archaeological footprint?	10
20th century film and TV often used Warsaw Pact weapons (AK47/AKM, SVD, Tokarev) as a visual shorthand for "bad guy". Were there weapons or clothing that signaled "bad guy" in medieval and early Renaissance art?	10
20th century film and TV often used Warsaw Pact weapons (AK47/AKM, SVD, Tokarev) as a visual shorthand for "bad guy". Were there weapons or clothing that signaled "bad guy" in medieval and early Renaissance manuscript art?	10
To what degree did class consciousness vary between England, Scotland, Wales & Ireland (both under the empire & later the Republic) in the late 19th century to the 1940s & how did that affect the way politicians & social/trade groups did messaging within each?	10
What if anything does this very NSFW propaganda poster say about Japanese attitudes towards pornography, male on male sex, and sexual violence during the Russo-Japanese War? NSFW	10
In medieval or ancient Europe (or places nearby) was skipping considered childish the way it is now? Did adults skip on the way to work if they were feeling whimsical? Or would people think an adult was weird for doing something only kids do?	9
When did Western media decide that topless white breasts had to be censored but black & brown ones didn't & when did this idea start to go away?	9
In popular Russian cultural memory today Лихие 90-е (likhie devyanostye/the hard 90s) is discussed as an almost apocalyptic era of decline. But did Russians of the time actually perceive it as such, especially compared to the crises of the late Soviet Union?	9

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