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How did merchants in the early modern world determine the exchange rate for currencies? Was it based on the value of the metal, the prestige of the country, or a mix of both?

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I have read Blanqui call for the “destruction of the university”. What is the history of academia, and the controversies surrounding it, in the 19th century?

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What did former Nazis think of the East German government? Did they grow to appreciate its authoritarianism? Or did they reject it.

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How popular was the worship of “graven images” in pre colonial africa ?

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100,000 German peasants were massacred in 1525 during the enclosure movement. The following year, the first slave ship crossed the Atlantic. Did people connect these two trends at the time?

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To acquire capital many postcolonial countries must borrow from the IMF upon the condition of small government small budgets. How did countries under colonialism acquire capital—and were there similar conditions?

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What are the local ethnic factors which complicate the Rwanda genocide?

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I read that “ever since Engel v vitale, just about any reference to religion has been excised by schools and textbook publishers.” What exactly was the effect of “Engel,” on school textbooks?

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The Eighty Years War allegedly represented an “enlightened” religiously tolerant revolution in the Netherlands; how did Dutch Jews feel about it?

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On many questions the republican and democratic parties “switched.” However the republicans remained the protectionist or tarriff party just as they were in the past. Why was this?

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How did merchants in the early modern world determine the exchange rate for currencies? Was it based on the value of the metal, the prestige of the country, or a mix of both?	1
I have read Blanqui call for the “destruction of the university”. What is the history of academia, and the controversies surrounding it, in the 19th century?	1
What did former Nazis think of the East German government? Did they grow to appreciate its authoritarianism? Or did they reject it.	1
How popular was the worship of “graven images” in pre colonial africa ?	1
100,000 German peasants were massacred in 1525 during the enclosure movement. The following year, the first slave ship crossed the Atlantic. Did people connect these two trends at the time?	1
To acquire capital many postcolonial countries must borrow from the IMF upon the condition of small government small budgets. How did countries under colonialism acquire capital—and were there similar conditions?	1
What are the local ethnic factors which complicate the Rwanda genocide?	1
I read that “ever since Engel v vitale, just about any reference to religion has been excised by schools and textbook publishers.” What exactly was the effect of “Engel,” on school textbooks?	1
The Eighty Years War allegedly represented an “enlightened” religiously tolerant revolution in the Netherlands; how did Dutch Jews feel about it?	1
On many questions the republican and democratic parties “switched.” However the republicans remained the protectionist or tarriff party just as they were in the past. Why was this?	0