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What is this "sentiment of nationalism" among the Syrians in the late Roman Empire?

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When and how did Christianity/Christians shape a more relaxed attitude toward the depiction of Jesus?

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In today jihadist movements we often see their glorifying of martyrs died a "peaceful death", shown through photographs of said martyrs smiling in their death. Have we seen similar cases in history?

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What was the stark contrast between Monophysitism/Jacobite Christianity and Byzantine Orthodoxy? Did people really got persecuted in Late Antiquity because they believed in different nature of the Christ?

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How did the Roman and Byzantine Christians view the relation between Christianity and politics before Augustine wrote City of God? And how influential was the idea of Augustine's City of God among the Byzantine Christians?

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Where and how did the "haunted church" trope originate?

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Did the people around Levant still believe in Mesopotamian mythical creatures by the time of Theodosius I, when Christianity was already widespread?

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How did Edessa become a major cultural center in the 6th century? What was it like in that period?

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Do we have an account on what sort of meditation actually Muhammad did in the Cave of Hira when he received his first revelation?

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What are the historical values of Lafcadio Hearn's account on 19th century Japan?

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What is this "sentiment of nationalism" among the Syrians in the late Roman Empire?	6
When and how did Christianity/Christians shape a more relaxed attitude toward the depiction of Jesus?	4
In today jihadist movements we often see their glorifying of martyrs died a "peaceful death", shown through photographs of said martyrs smiling in their death. Have we seen similar cases in history?	4
What was the stark contrast between Monophysitism/Jacobite Christianity and Byzantine Orthodoxy? Did people really got persecuted in Late Antiquity because they believed in different nature of the Christ?	4
How did the Roman and Byzantine Christians view the relation between Christianity and politics before Augustine wrote City of God? And how influential was the idea of Augustine's City of God among the Byzantine Christians?	4
Where and how did the "haunted church" trope originate?	4
Did the people around Levant still believe in Mesopotamian mythical creatures by the time of Theodosius I, when Christianity was already widespread?	3
How did Edessa become a major cultural center in the 6th century? What was it like in that period?	3
Do we have an account on what sort of meditation actually Muhammad did in the Cave of Hira when he received his first revelation?	2
What are the historical values of Lafcadio Hearn's account on 19th century Japan?	2