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The Christian Desert Fathers of Egypt sound like they practiced Buddhist-style meditation and had some very Buddhist views on things. What happened to them, and why did their meditation practices never spread throughout the rest of of Christendom?
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Apple syrup — a sweetener made from dehydrated apple juice — was once popular in the United States. Today, molasses and maple syrup are still sold in stores, despite being more expensive than sugar, but you almost never see apple syrup. Why did it all but disappear?
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Giovanni da Pian del Carpine trekked into the Central Asian Mongol Empire in the 1240s on a fact-finding and diplomatic mission, and wrote a treatise, the Ystoria Mongalorum, on how Europeans could defeat the Mongols. How good was his advice?
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Should we picture Classical Greek cities filled with single-family homes rather than the huge apartment buildings of cramped units found in Roman cities? Could average Greek people afford their own homes, while Romans couldn't?
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US prisoners have more to fear from fellow inmates than their wardens. When and why did rape, violence, and gang conflict begin to dominate US prisons? Why are they so dangerous? NSFW
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When and why did owning many books change from something only the wealthy could afford to the current situation - with even relatively poor people in developed countries being able to own many books (perhaps second-hand)?
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When did governments start taking on considerable debt instead of matching expenditures with income? Did the city states of Greece, the Roman emperors, and the leaders of the Quin Dynasty take on state debt to bankroll their projects?
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