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Why did Europeans go through so much trouble to import slaves from Africa, instead of simply enslaving other Europeans and shipping them to their plantations in the colonies?
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The Inca royalty are said to have practiced incest, and only child of a Brother-Sister union would be the most legitimate heirs to the throne. Did the inbreeding have any noticeable effects on the royal family?
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Prior to the US invasion of Korea in 1871, the Korean side sent a tribute of 3 cows, 50 chickens, and 1000 eggs in an attempt to de-escalate the situation. How much was this tribute worth in Korea in 1871?
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Is there any connection between the Veneti tribe of France, the Veneti tribe of Italy, and the Veneti tribe of the Baltics? Or is it just coincidence that these 3 tribes had similar names?
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