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If I were a sick legionary in the Roman army, come down with bad fever or stomach flu, and tomorrow is the big battle, would I be expected to fight like usual alongside all my healthy comrades?

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In "The Last Kingdom" (Netflix show about Viking invasion of Anglo-Saxon England), there is never any interaction between Alfred the Great and continental European rulers, diplomats, merchants, etc. Was communication (diplomacy and trade related) between Wessex and the rest of Europe so limited?

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How was John Milton's Paradise Lost, a poem portraying Satan sympathetically and as the protagonist, allowed to be published? Did the Church not attempt to prevent it?

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How much did the loss of the American colonies affect the economy of the British Empire?

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Alcohol is banned in Islam. How successful has the Islamic civilization been at combatting the consumption of booze?

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During the Napoleonic Wars, in what language did generals of the coalition powers (England, Prussia, Austria, Russia, etc) communicate with one another?

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I'm going to marry the woman I love. I'm a Saxon living in 9th/10th century England. What will my wedding ceremony be like?

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"Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service -- two dishes but to one table." (Hamlet Act 4.3) Was this a dangerous idea to express in front of an English monarch in the 17th century?

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Were there rich Christians living under the Caliphate? Was any Christian man or woman particularly respected by Muslims -- for whatever reason?

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Was Byzantine Iconoclasm influenced, in part, by Islamic theology regarding icons?

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If I were a sick legionary in the Roman army, come down with bad fever or stomach flu, and tomorrow is the big battle, would I be expected to fight like usual alongside all my healthy comrades?	4471
In "The Last Kingdom" (Netflix show about Viking invasion of Anglo-Saxon England), there is never any interaction between Alfred the Great and continental European rulers, diplomats, merchants, etc. Was communication (diplomacy and trade related) between Wessex and the rest of Europe so limited?	2251
How was John Milton's Paradise Lost, a poem portraying Satan sympathetically and as the protagonist, allowed to be published? Did the Church not attempt to prevent it?	2010
How much did the loss of the American colonies affect the economy of the British Empire?	1443
Alcohol is banned in Islam. How successful has the Islamic civilization been at combatting the consumption of booze?	372
During the Napoleonic Wars, in what language did generals of the coalition powers (England, Prussia, Austria, Russia, etc) communicate with one another?	297
I'm going to marry the woman I love. I'm a Saxon living in 9th/10th century England. What will my wedding ceremony be like?	230
"Your fat king and your lean beggar is but variable service -- two dishes but to one table." (Hamlet Act 4.3) Was this a dangerous idea to express in front of an English monarch in the 17th century?	59
Were there rich Christians living under the Caliphate? Was any Christian man or woman particularly respected by Muslims -- for whatever reason?	52
Was Byzantine Iconoclasm influenced, in part, by Islamic theology regarding icons?	46