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How did white Southerners in the US view sexual violence against slaves? How well known was this practice to non-slaveholders? NSFW

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In the Chinese Civil War, why did the Soviets recognize the KMT?

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If the Spartans commonly practiced infanticide on girls, how did the men find wives? Did they take helot women?

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In the US, in cases where accusations that black men raped white women were used as pretext for lynching/violence, how was the alleged victim subsequently treated? NSFW

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In The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir says, “Often noted are whimsical food habits: she eats pencil leads, sealing wafers, bits of wood, live shrimps…” How common were “whimsical food habits” in girls in Western countries around the early to mid 20th century?

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How are the continental Celts and insular Celts related? Is the traditional Celtic migration idea still widespread, or is it more disputed?

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Traditionally the Holy Roman Empire began in AD 800, but modern scholars often put the start of it at 962. Why was there a change and when did it occur?

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Did European rulers/royalty claim to descend from the Trojans, or even Aeneas specifically? Why are there so many claims of Trojan migrations?

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Why is the start of the Holy Roman Empire is put at so many different dates (Charlemagne: 800, Henry: 919-936, Otto: 962), and which is the best?

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How did nation-founding myths like Franks descending from Trojans come about? Did it change interactions with the entities where Troy was thought to be located?

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How did white Southerners in the US view sexual violence against slaves? How well known was this practice to non-slaveholders? NSFW	711
In the Chinese Civil War, why did the Soviets recognize the KMT?	156
If the Spartans commonly practiced infanticide on girls, how did the men find wives? Did they take helot women?	50
In the US, in cases where accusations that black men raped white women were used as pretext for lynching/violence, how was the alleged victim subsequently treated? NSFW	29
In The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir says, “Often noted are whimsical food habits: she eats pencil leads, sealing wafers, bits of wood, live shrimps…” How common were “whimsical food habits” in girls in Western countries around the early to mid 20th century?	24
How are the continental Celts and insular Celts related? Is the traditional Celtic migration idea still widespread, or is it more disputed?	14
Traditionally the Holy Roman Empire began in AD 800, but modern scholars often put the start of it at 962. Why was there a change and when did it occur?	6
Did European rulers/royalty claim to descend from the Trojans, or even Aeneas specifically? Why are there so many claims of Trojan migrations?	4
Why is the start of the Holy Roman Empire is put at so many different dates (Charlemagne: 800, Henry: 919-936, Otto: 962), and which is the best?	4
How did nation-founding myths like Franks descending from Trojans come about? Did it change interactions with the entities where Troy was thought to be located?	2