Why didn't Roman Emperors have harems like other Emperors around the world?
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In Natchez society, nobles were forbidden to marry each other and had to marry a commoner. Why did they have this law?
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When digital art first started becoming accessible, where artists who drew using a computer looked down as "not real artists"? How did digital artists gain acceptance?
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Traditionally in western Nepal menstruating women are confined to a shack and forbidden from leaving. But in pre-modern agrarian societies women were an important part of a family's work force. How did western Nepalese villages handle losing half their labor force for 5-ish days each month?
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It's often said that American auto makers killed public transit in the US via lobbying. Why weren't Japanese auto makers able to do the same in Japan?
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In most places that had Harems, they were guarded by eunuchs. But Japan didn't really have eunuchs. So who guarded the harems in Japan?
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Is it fair to say India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border"?
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When segregation in the US was ended, were existing black owned businesses able to compete with white owned businesses?
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Why did fascist collaborators continue to hold power and wealth in South Korea after liberation?
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In the German Peasant's War, how did 8000 Swabian soldiers put down 300,000 rebelling peasants in less than a year?
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The Romans sent thousands of soldiers into West Africa, where they reached as far as the Senegal River, Niger River, and Lake Chad. Do any African groups have oral records of these Roman expeditions?
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Did people in the 70s actually wear shoes with live goldfish in them?
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Nazi Germany rejected Einsteinian physics because of anti-Semitism. The Soviet Union rejected Darwinian evolution because of Marxism. Did the United States ever reject major scientific discoveries because of ideology?
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Why is Mother Teresa a national hero in Albania, even though she was Catholic and the majority of Albanians are Muslims?
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Pope Benedict IX reportedly sold the Papacy. For how much? Was the buyer considered legitimate?
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During the middle ages noblemen looked down on making money through commerce. As industrialization picked up and entrepreneurship became a better source of wealth compared to traditional land ownership, did the nobility start to engage in capitalistic pursuits like starting a factory?
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Before Google how did people find websites online?
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Why did Ottoman Sultans generally marry slaves and not foreign princesses or prominent noblewomen?
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Did the Mayans really use enemas to consume hallucinogenic drugs?
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Why doesn't Germany's Joy Divisions and military brothels get discussed as much as Japan's Comfort Women when discussing WW2 atrocities?
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In South Korean politics, what are the historical reasons that the left wing is more cooperative with China and antagonistic towards Japan, while the right wing is more cooperative with Japan and antagonistic towards China?
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Did some Brazilian spectators really commit suicide after seeing Brazil lose to Uruguay in the 1950 World Cup?
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Germany has an indigenous Slavic population, the Sorbs. What happened to them under the Nazi government?
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Popular culture often depicts a children of nobles to be educated in things like horsemanship, fencing, and chess, but what kind of non-military education would they get?
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Why does Western Europe not have caravanserais?
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