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I tried asking this for AH Day of the Dead, but no luck: what was the daily life of a financial official or bureaucrat like in the later(ish) Roman Republic?	2
How were German Texans thought about and treated in Texas the generation or so post-Civil War given that they had largely been pro-Union and faced Confederate violence because of it?	2
Who was healthier: a rich city-dweller in 1st century Europe or a rich a city-dweller in 11th century Europe? What about a poor city-dweller in 1st century Europe compared to a poor a city-dweller in 11th century Europe?	2
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?	2
Many individuals of various subject peoples of the Balkans as well as many Jews became successful administrators, diplomats, military leaders, etc. for the Ottoman Empire. How were they remembered and portrayed in the era of Nationalism and since?	2
Genocide denial by public figures is mainstream in contemporary Republika Srpska (sub-federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina). Was public political endorsement of genocide denial a thing in the late 90s/early 00s?	2
Was there any sign of revanchism towards their Bronze Age territories by later ancient Egyptians, even if only rhetorically? Did Late Period or Hellenistic rulers consider themselves the nominal suzerains of the Levant by right of their Egyptian legitimacy, for example?	2
Today in the United States if an individual commits a public act of violence (mass murder, political assassination), in the absence of other evidence, pop culture and journalism often rationalizes it as mental illness. What was the "easy" rationalization in 1960 (or 1963)? What about 1910? Or 1860?	2
My limited knowledge of Hermeticism makes it seem very "religious-y". How did Christians & Muslims in the Early Modern Period & earlier square Hermetic thinking with religious orthodoxy? Did church leaders attempt to stamp it (& related alchemy practices) down?	2
How did the United Farm Workers go from a multi-ethnic social/labor organization to an outwardly Chicano/Mexican/Mexican-American organization that, at least in the American Southwest middle school education I got, is remembered almost solely for racial justice/civil rights?	2

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