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The Moroccan traveler Ibn Battutah visited Oman around 1330 and wrote that the sultan (Abu Muhammad Ibn Nabhan) would regularly give his blessing and protection to young women who wanted to engage in “debauchery.” Do we know any more about this practice? What was really going on here?

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Are Fantasy Worlds with no connection to the real world an invention of the 20th century? (NOT places like Utopia or Narnia, which can be accessed from our world, but places like Middle Earth, which exist independently of our own)

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Were people of color at risk of being shanghaied?

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Where does modern western astrology come from? Is it similar to the Ancient Greek astrology that it’s based on, or is it more of a modern invention?

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In Classical era Europe (say Vienna in 1800), was it possible to have a career as a professional musician working outside of the classical idiom, such as folk music or proto-pop of some sort?

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Did Genghis Kahn really use cats and birds to burn down the city of Volohai?

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The Moroccan traveler Ibn Battutah visited Oman around 1330 and wrote that the sultan (Abu Muhammad Ibn Nabhan) would regularly give his blessing and protection to young women who wanted to engage in “debauchery.” Do we know any more about this practice? What was really going on here?	1801
Are Fantasy Worlds with no connection to the real world an invention of the 20th century? (NOT places like Utopia or Narnia, which can be accessed from our world, but places like Middle Earth, which exist independently of our own)	93
Were people of color at risk of being shanghaied?	3
Where does modern western astrology come from? Is it similar to the Ancient Greek astrology that it’s based on, or is it more of a modern invention?	2
In Classical era Europe (say Vienna in 1800), was it possible to have a career as a professional musician working outside of the classical idiom, such as folk music or proto-pop of some sort?	1
Did Genghis Kahn really use cats and birds to burn down the city of Volohai?	0