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Say I am an author around the 1850's in the USA, and I just wrote a book, and I want it published. How would I go about that? Were there any distinguished publishing companies? Do I just make a lot of copies and distribute them in book stores?

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Say I am a cartographer during a major war when territory is changing every day (lets use WW2 as an example). Would I continue making inaccurate maps? Or shut down my business for a while?

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When and why did Democrats and Republicans get their animals (the donkey and elephant respectively) that represent their political party?

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After the fall of the Roman Empire, why did Latin die out? Where there any key people/groups/events that made it die out? Looking at how it was the language of the Romans, I'd assume that people would still speak it as a first language today.

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I am a Roman farmer in 285 A.D., when Diocletian divides the empire into two. Are there any major changes initially? How would the general population take the news up being split into two? Would anything major really happen?

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What were the relations between the U.S. and Haiti in the first few decades of each of their inceptions?

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Why Would There Be A Hatch Over The Ball Turret On A B-17?

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Say I am an author around the 1850's in the USA, and I just wrote a book, and I want it published. How would I go about that? Were there any distinguished publishing companies? Do I just make a lot of copies and distribute them in book stores?	51
Say I am a cartographer during a major war when territory is changing every day (lets use WW2 as an example). Would I continue making inaccurate maps? Or shut down my business for a while?	40
When and why did Democrats and Republicans get their animals (the donkey and elephant respectively) that represent their political party?	28
After the fall of the Roman Empire, why did Latin die out? Where there any key people/groups/events that made it die out? Looking at how it was the language of the Romans, I'd assume that people would still speak it as a first language today.	22
I am a Roman farmer in 285 A.D., when Diocletian divides the empire into two. Are there any major changes initially? How would the general population take the news up being split into two? Would anything major really happen?	6
What were the relations between the U.S. and Haiti in the first few decades of each of their inceptions?	6
Why Would There Be A Hatch Over The Ball Turret On A B-17?	2