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Britain's monarchy has changed over time from a powerful head of state to a mostly ceremonial position. Is there a particular decade, reign or prime ministerial office where this change is the most clear or rapid?
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During the Age of Sail, trips from Europe across the Atlantic would take months. Did people vacation to the Americas, knowing they would spend much of a full year just traveling at sea? What sort of accomodations were made for wealthier travelers on these long trips?
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Were people in Joseon Korea *really* so terrified of their social betters, as is depicted in Netflix's "Kingdom"?
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A textbook claims, "all [Native American societies] shared a fundamentally religious outlook that emphasized the centrality of a Creator, a reverence for the natural world, and a belief that human beings were a part of nature and were obligated to preserve and protect it." Is this actually true?
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I recently learned the chief priests of Carthage were called the Rab Kohanim -- is there any connection to the terms "rabbi" and "Cohen"?
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Did early Antarctic expeditions have any expectations of meeting indigenous people on the continent? Was the possibility discussed or planned for?
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How did wine, a relatively inexpensive and plentiful alcoholic beverage, come to be considered a refined, high-end drink?
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Why did the Ottoman empire decline technologically against Europe even if it did not enter isolationism like China or Japan?
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