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We're any cultures historically uninterested or unimpressed with silver and gold, or find it valueless?
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In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony's funeral oration roused the Roman plebs against Caesar's assassins. Historically, I believe Caesar himself used funeral orations for political purposes. Was this an innovative use of eulogies for political gain, or a long-standing precedent?
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How did the ancient Roman and Greek version of gymnastics compare to what we see today in the Olympics?
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After the 17th amendment passed and direct election of US senators was achieved, did the major problems reformers were seeking to fix actually get corrected?
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The ancient Greeks and Romans used reservoirs to hold water for irrigation purposes, but apparently not for drinking water. What advances lead to reservoir water being potable?
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How did Thomas Jefferson's "conservative" economic policy of slashing expenses and government income while borrowing to finance the Louisiana purchase work out for the nation?
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How much wealth and freedom could a merchant achieve in pharaonic Egypt? Was there a place for a canny trader plying the Mediterranean to thrive in Egyptian society, somewhere between the Pharoah and his nobles above and the numerous peasants and slaves below?
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When Greek cities and other ancient Mediterranean states exiled their citizens, how did that work on a practical level?
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We build libraries and make books available to all, free of charge. What lead societies to give books large public subsidies to make this happen?
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