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How did Christianity move from a belief that heaven was a holding tank until resurrection to eternal reward in heaven?

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"All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health..." is this Monty Python quote accurate? Would a citizen of Judea have a long list of benefits from Roman Rule?

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During the Falklands War, was an Argentinian victory ever considered a serious possibility?

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Do we have a breakdown of what American Slaves did after the abolition of slavery? What percentage stayed where they were, what percentage went looking for a different life, for family members etc?

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In Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, a charachter asks why nobody from their neighbourhood opened a grocery shop before Korean immigrants did so. How much harder would it be for an African American to start a small business in late 1980 Brooklyn compared to a Korean?

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It's 1862 and I'm an Indian cotton farmer. Am I likely to be aware that the boom in demand for my product is related to the American Civil war? If so do I have any strong feelings about the war?

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It's the early medieval period and I'm an intellgent peasant who doesn't like the thought of hard outdoor labour. Could I hope to escape by becoming a monk?

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I am a medieval plague doctor. How did I get offered the job, and why did I take it?

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The term Tankie came from people who defended the USSR using tanks to stop the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. What arguments did they use to defend the USSR?

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I am an Indian and not part of the political establishment. The British Empire has just taken over. How does my life change?

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How did Christianity move from a belief that heaven was a holding tank until resurrection to eternal reward in heaven?	1583
"All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health..." is this Monty Python quote accurate? Would a citizen of Judea have a long list of benefits from Roman Rule?	341
During the Falklands War, was an Argentinian victory ever considered a serious possibility?	242
Do we have a breakdown of what American Slaves did after the abolition of slavery? What percentage stayed where they were, what percentage went looking for a different life, for family members etc?	58
In Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, a charachter asks why nobody from their neighbourhood opened a grocery shop before Korean immigrants did so. How much harder would it be for an African American to start a small business in late 1980 Brooklyn compared to a Korean?	56
It's 1862 and I'm an Indian cotton farmer. Am I likely to be aware that the boom in demand for my product is related to the American Civil war? If so do I have any strong feelings about the war?	45
It's the early medieval period and I'm an intellgent peasant who doesn't like the thought of hard outdoor labour. Could I hope to escape by becoming a monk?	24
I am a medieval plague doctor. How did I get offered the job, and why did I take it?	19
The term Tankie came from people who defended the USSR using tanks to stop the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. What arguments did they use to defend the USSR?	13
I am an Indian and not part of the political establishment. The British Empire has just taken over. How does my life change?	11