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A recent lecture on my University course posited that (Christian) Pre-Modern Europe had... 'Institutionalised'? Exceptions for 'Fools' and other people that today we'd recognise as having Intellectual Disabilities or Developmental Disorders. To what extent can we say this was the case?

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Dolmen seem to have been found the world over. Do we know if the Dolmen was 'invented' once and spread of if it was invented multiple times?

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Why did the British 2 Pounder Gun never have a HE Shell?

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When and why did North Africa undergo desertification?

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Who actually designed and built Medieval Castles? (Particularly English and 'Crusader' ones?)

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Did the Dissolution of the Monasteries change the character of the English State?

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To what extent did the Norman Conquest effect English Towns & Cities, and especially the City of London?

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Was it always the intention for the State of Japan to have Self Defense forces, or was it first intended to possess no armed forces whatsoever? If the latter, when did this change take place?

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Why didn't Clement Attlee ask the USSR for help?

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Major differences between the Antiquity and Medieval eras?

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A recent lecture on my University course posited that (Christian) Pre-Modern Europe had... 'Institutionalised'? Exceptions for 'Fools' and other people that today we'd recognise as having Intellectual Disabilities or Developmental Disorders. To what extent can we say this was the case?	6
Dolmen seem to have been found the world over. Do we know if the Dolmen was 'invented' once and spread of if it was invented multiple times?	6
Why did the British 2 Pounder Gun never have a HE Shell?	6
When and why did North Africa undergo desertification?	5
Who actually designed and built Medieval Castles? (Particularly English and 'Crusader' ones?)	5
Did the Dissolution of the Monasteries change the character of the English State?	5
To what extent did the Norman Conquest effect English Towns & Cities, and especially the City of London?	5
Was it always the intention for the State of Japan to have Self Defense forces, or was it first intended to possess no armed forces whatsoever? If the latter, when did this change take place?	5
Why didn't Clement Attlee ask the USSR for help?	5
Major differences between the Antiquity and Medieval eras?	4