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Adam Smith, whilst antislavery, believed that slaves were better off under monarchies than democracies, citing the story of Augustus and Vedius Pollo. Is there any basis for his belief?
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How was the centenary of the Battle of Waterloo marked in 1915? Was it marked at all given WWI was going on?
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Why did the USSR make no efforts to rescue Ernst Thaelmann from Soviet captivity after their rapproachment with Germany in 1939?
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Many of the high-ups in the Khmer Rouge were educated in France. Is this a significant fact, and if so, why?
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Did the African rulers who took part in the slave trade ever visit the plantations in the New World (esp. the Deep South)? If so, how were they treated by the white planter aristocracy?
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I'm an Ottoman civil servant chilling in the Seraglio circa 1550. It's coming up to evening, and I'm feeling hungry. What's for tea?
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