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How did espionage work in Medieval Europe? Are there any good sources on Medieval spies?

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How did espionage work in Medieval Europe? Are there any good sources on Medieval spies?

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What was Stalin's contribution to the theory of Marxism-Leninism?

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How literally did the ancient Greeks\Romans take their myths? Would a Greek literally physically believe that if he were to somehow scale Olympus, he could meet literal Zeus and shake his hand?

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I am a random peasant farmer in medieval Europe. For one reason or another, I want to learn how to read and write. Would it be possible for me to do it, and how would I go about it?

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When people say that Mansa Musa was the richest person in history, what exactly does that mean? How do you even compare wealth across such vast temporal, legal, and technological distances? Did he really live in more luxury than, say, Bezos?

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Is there a consistent way to estimate the GDP of countries that existed way before the modern concept of economics was even concieved of, like the Roman Empire?

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I am an illiterate medieval peasant, but I am very clever and curious. I want to learn more about the world, the known geopraphy, history, and politics, biology, math, whatever physics was back there, things not easily done as a craft I could learn under apprenticeship in a village. What can I do?

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In antebellum America, did being black automatically make you a slave? Or could there be black free full citizens?

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Did this thing about the interpretation of the Torah actually happen?

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How did espionage work in Medieval Europe? Are there any good sources on Medieval spies?	15
How did espionage work in Medieval Europe? Are there any good sources on Medieval spies?	7
What was Stalin's contribution to the theory of Marxism-Leninism?	1
How literally did the ancient Greeks\Romans take their myths? Would a Greek literally physically believe that if he were to somehow scale Olympus, he could meet literal Zeus and shake his hand?	1
I am a random peasant farmer in medieval Europe. For one reason or another, I want to learn how to read and write. Would it be possible for me to do it, and how would I go about it?	1
When people say that Mansa Musa was the richest person in history, what exactly does that mean? How do you even compare wealth across such vast temporal, legal, and technological distances? Did he really live in more luxury than, say, Bezos?	1
Is there a consistent way to estimate the GDP of countries that existed way before the modern concept of economics was even concieved of, like the Roman Empire?	1
I am an illiterate medieval peasant, but I am very clever and curious. I want to learn more about the world, the known geopraphy, history, and politics, biology, math, whatever physics was back there, things not easily done as a craft I could learn under apprenticeship in a village. What can I do?	1
In antebellum America, did being black automatically make you a slave? Or could there be black free full citizens?	1
Did this thing about the interpretation of the Torah actually happen?	1