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What influence did the Cuban Revolution have on other left-wing and Marxist movements in the Caribbean?

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At a local thrift store, I recently came across a copy of Rennaissance Europe: Age of Recovery and Reconciliation by De Lamar Jensen of Brigham Young University, what is the consensus among academic historians on his work and it's merits?

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What methods of preserving food crops were available to early modern Europeans?

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Were there Spanish Protestants during the Reformation?

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In the first few decades of settlement in New England (prior to Cotton Mather and the trials at Salem) what were the beliefs held by the early settlers of this region both Puritan and otherwise regarding witchcraft and the influence of the devil on the material world?

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What was the state of commerce between the fledgling Dutch Republic and Habsburg Spain following its establishment in the late 16th century?

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What would the night sky have looked like in the preindustrial world? Was there still a degree of light pollution or were non electric not bright enough to impact significantly, was everyone able to see everything that wasn't obscured by clouds or overhead trees/buildings all the time at night?

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How did Persian come to mean someone from the entire region of Iran as opposed to specifically one group of Iranic speakers in that region?

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How long did Carib, Taino, Arawak and other Caribbean Indigenous peoples' civilizations endure the arrival of the Spanish and other colonial empires?

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How did one go about obtaining fresh, (relatively) clean water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, etc. every day in late medieval or early modern city?

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What influence did the Cuban Revolution have on other left-wing and Marxist movements in the Caribbean?	5
At a local thrift store, I recently came across a copy of Rennaissance Europe: Age of Recovery and Reconciliation by De Lamar Jensen of Brigham Young University, what is the consensus among academic historians on his work and it's merits?	5
What methods of preserving food crops were available to early modern Europeans?	5
Were there Spanish Protestants during the Reformation?	5
In the first few decades of settlement in New England (prior to Cotton Mather and the trials at Salem) what were the beliefs held by the early settlers of this region both Puritan and otherwise regarding witchcraft and the influence of the devil on the material world?	5
What was the state of commerce between the fledgling Dutch Republic and Habsburg Spain following its establishment in the late 16th century?	5
What would the night sky have looked like in the preindustrial world? Was there still a degree of light pollution or were non electric not bright enough to impact significantly, was everyone able to see everything that wasn't obscured by clouds or overhead trees/buildings all the time at night?	5
How did Persian come to mean someone from the entire region of Iran as opposed to specifically one group of Iranic speakers in that region?	4
How long did Carib, Taino, Arawak and other Caribbean Indigenous peoples' civilizations endure the arrival of the Spanish and other colonial empires?	4
How did one go about obtaining fresh, (relatively) clean water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, etc. every day in late medieval or early modern city?	4