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How did Indigenous American cannibals prepare the flesh they ate?

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Did Indigenous American cannibals cook the human flesh they ate?

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It's 1503 and I'm an English peasant who happens to be really, really good at singing. What are the odds I'll ever be discovered and make a career out of music?

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Was Kim il song related to the Kims of ancient Korea in any meaningful way?

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Which pre-modern civilizations have done the best job documenting normal civilian life?

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At what point in history did the people living in the boundaries of modern China consider themselves "Chinese"?

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In 1390, General Yi burned the land registries and later instituted sweeping reforms of land ownership in Koryo, now Korea. Even without a land registry, what stopped ex-landlords from claiming land as their own?

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What did slavery in the Koryo dynasty look like? How would it compare to the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?

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When a historian decides to write a general history of something, how do they decide what to include and exclude? I'm specifically thinking about genocide: How would you decide what weight or importance to give the Jewish Holocaust compared to the Armenian or Rwandan genocides in a general history

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When did the idea of a literal 7-day creation originate? Were there already other ideas within the Abrahamic tradition about the age of the earth and universe?

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How did Indigenous American cannibals prepare the flesh they ate?	1
Did Indigenous American cannibals cook the human flesh they ate?	1
It's 1503 and I'm an English peasant who happens to be really, really good at singing. What are the odds I'll ever be discovered and make a career out of music?	1
Was Kim il song related to the Kims of ancient Korea in any meaningful way?	1
Which pre-modern civilizations have done the best job documenting normal civilian life?	1
At what point in history did the people living in the boundaries of modern China consider themselves "Chinese"?	1
In 1390, General Yi burned the land registries and later instituted sweeping reforms of land ownership in Koryo, now Korea. Even without a land registry, what stopped ex-landlords from claiming land as their own?	1
What did slavery in the Koryo dynasty look like? How would it compare to the Trans-Atlantic slave trade?	1
When a historian decides to write a general history of something, how do they decide what to include and exclude? I'm specifically thinking about genocide: How would you decide what weight or importance to give the Jewish Holocaust compared to the Armenian or Rwandan genocides in a general history	1
When did the idea of a literal 7-day creation originate? Were there already other ideas within the Abrahamic tradition about the age of the earth and universe?	1