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Ancient Romans seemed to be split between adoring Greek culture or being venomously against it. What was so attractive and repellent about ancient Greece?
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The US recognizes a "right to privacy." How did we come to recognize this as a right? Did philosophers create the argument for it? Was it a long battle to recognize it as a right?
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Hebrew ceased to a utilitarian language around the 2nd century A.D., and was used only for religious rituals. Today, millions speak it as their first language in Isreal. How did this happen? Why didn't Jews moving to Isreal communicate in Arabic or Yiddish?
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What sort of diet were US slaves given in the southern US? How much food did they eat to support their heavy agricultural labor?
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How did an English "poor house" or "work house" differ from a for-profit factory? What was made, and who was buying it?
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Why did Japan throw almost all their remaining manpower and supplies into a offensive against China while America was breathing down their necks, hopping islands toward their homeland?
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Conquistadors handed the vast, rich lands of Mexico and Peru to the Spanish throne. How well did Spain reward and honor its conquistadors? Were festivals given in their honor? Were average soldiers given titles and lands? Did they retire in style or return to working "for the man"?
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"Nearly all the successors of Alexander...professed themselves Stoics," according to Gilbert Murray. But by the 4th century AD, Stoicism had mostly died out. Did people study or practice Stoic philosophy between then and the rise of Neo Stoicism in the 16th century?
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