/u/RusticBohemian's posts
The Age of Enlightenment seemed to bring a lot of good to humanity. What brought it to a close and turned people away from its precepts?
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When Romans engaged in large-scale public banquets, or dining at social clubs/collegia, what would this have looked like?
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Was inflation a significant economic problem before the invention of fiat currency? Was coinage made from gold and silver just as problematic because it could be debased?
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US and international businesses have incorporated in the small state of Deleware for decades. Deleware doesn't tax companies if they don't do businesses in the state, so has this brought it any advantages?
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What factors made terrace farming common in much of Asia and Peru but less popular in mountainous area of Europe?
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Would a Carthaginian ditching his linothorax cuirass for some looted Roman chain mail have been the obvious choice during the public wars?
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Were the US's NATO allies as angry about our withdrawal from Vietnam as they appear to be over our recent withdrawal from Afghanistan? How did their Vietnam reaction play out over time?
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What role did Napoleon's monetary (Bank of France) and legal reforms play in his popularity in France? Was France's justice system and economy lagging before Napoleon took power?
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Meditation has been described as something practiced almost entirely by Buddhist and Hindu Monks before the modern era. Is this true? Did lay Buddhists, by and large, not practice meditation?
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