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Did the early-modern developers of the physical/chemical atomic theory explicitly credit ancient philosophical Atomism?

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Why is Croatia shaped like a V?

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In ~1850, would it have been legal for a British citizen to own slaves in America?

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Where could I find a detailed account of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759) and the Battle of Quebec (1775), showing the contemporary locations where these things happened?

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Were the Romans aware that an eclipse of the Sun was caused by the Moon blocking its light?

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Peartree Church in Southampton claims to be the oldest Anglican church in the world "being the first church built (1618) and consecrated (1620) after the Reformation". That date sounds quite late to me. What reasonable definitions might we have for the "end" of the English Reformation?

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What kind of state bureaucracy was there in Anglo-Saxon England? Who collected and assessed the taxes?

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How closely was abolition tied to Evangelicalism?

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Was Empress Dowager Cixi "the concubine who launched modern China", or just a reactionary xenophobe?

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Why did gun control (and the general gun "philosophy") follow such different trajectories in Britain and the US, when both have a Bill of Rights guaranteeing the right to bear arms? (Well-cited history answers please, not just opinions!)

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Did the early-modern developers of the physical/chemical atomic theory explicitly credit ancient philosophical Atomism?	13
Why is Croatia shaped like a V?	13
In ~1850, would it have been legal for a British citizen to own slaves in America?	12
Where could I find a detailed account of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759) and the Battle of Quebec (1775), showing the contemporary locations where these things happened?	11
Were the Romans aware that an eclipse of the Sun was caused by the Moon blocking its light?	9
Peartree Church in Southampton claims to be the oldest Anglican church in the world "being the first church built (1618) and consecrated (1620) after the Reformation". That date sounds quite late to me. What reasonable definitions might we have for the "end" of the English Reformation?	9
What kind of state bureaucracy was there in Anglo-Saxon England? Who collected and assessed the taxes?	8
How closely was abolition tied to Evangelicalism?	6
Was Empress Dowager Cixi "the concubine who launched modern China", or just a reactionary xenophobe?	5
Why did gun control (and the general gun "philosophy") follow such different trajectories in Britain and the US, when both have a Bill of Rights guaranteeing the right to bear arms? (Well-cited history answers please, not just opinions!)	5