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Currently, prosperity is linked to lower birth rates, at least in large swaths of the Western world. Has this ever happened before modern times? Or is this humanity's fist go around with prosperity lowering birth rates?

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Can religion be mapped out to show origins and relationships the same as we do for languages?

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1491 by Charles Mann paints a very different pre-Columbian America than was taught in the US just 100 years ago. How sure are we of the "barbarian" cultures Rome conquered in regards to their sophistication and knowledge?

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Has the economy always dominated US politics outside of wartime or is this more of a modern domination?

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What was the state of Christianity in Western Europe when Justinian reclaimed much of the Western Empire?

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Currently, prosperity is linked to lower birth rates, at least in large swaths of the Western world. Has this ever happened before modern times? Or is this humanity's fist go around with prosperity lowering birth rates?	154
Can religion be mapped out to show origins and relationships the same as we do for languages?	149
1491 by Charles Mann paints a very different pre-Columbian America than was taught in the US just 100 years ago. How sure are we of the "barbarian" cultures Rome conquered in regards to their sophistication and knowledge?	40
Has the economy always dominated US politics outside of wartime or is this more of a modern domination?	3
What was the state of Christianity in Western Europe when Justinian reclaimed much of the Western Empire?	1