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Banking has existed for centuries, dating back to when most people were peasants. When did it become common for "regular" people to have their own personal bank accounts?

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I'm an 18th century Englishman who has signed a contract of indentured servitude for passage to the New World. What's to stop me from skipping out on my contract once I come ashore?

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Were there significant administrative differences between how the Ummayads governed and how the Abbasids governed?

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I heard that the Franco-Algerian war is the model for modern counter-insurgency tactics. Why? What did the French do that was so innovative? Didn't they lose the war, after all?

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When did Macedonia become a primarily Slavic region, as opposed to a Hellenic region?

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In the documentary "American Pimp" (1999), one of the interviewed pimps makes some bold claims about the history of pimping in the United States. Are they true? (See post for claims).

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Why was Canada so afraid of an American invasion after the American Civil War?

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How much job flexibility did guilds offer? If I was a member of a guild in one medieval French city and moved to another medieval French city, would I automatically be a member of the same occupational guild there?

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Didn't Native American tribes go to war with each other over land? If so, how can it be argued that their "weak" conceptualization of property led to them being taken advantage of by Europeans?

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What was the psychological/theological impact on devout Muslims worldwide when Ataturk legally dissolved the Ottoman Caliphate in 1924? Was there outrage? Mourning?

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Banking has existed for centuries, dating back to when most people were peasants. When did it become common for "regular" people to have their own personal bank accounts?	137
I'm an 18th century Englishman who has signed a contract of indentured servitude for passage to the New World. What's to stop me from skipping out on my contract once I come ashore?	135
Were there significant administrative differences between how the Ummayads governed and how the Abbasids governed?	119
I heard that the Franco-Algerian war is the model for modern counter-insurgency tactics. Why? What did the French do that was so innovative? Didn't they lose the war, after all?	106
When did Macedonia become a primarily Slavic region, as opposed to a Hellenic region?	99
In the documentary "American Pimp" (1999), one of the interviewed pimps makes some bold claims about the history of pimping in the United States. Are they true? (See post for claims).	96
Why was Canada so afraid of an American invasion after the American Civil War?	94
How much job flexibility did guilds offer? If I was a member of a guild in one medieval French city and moved to another medieval French city, would I automatically be a member of the same occupational guild there?	94
Didn't Native American tribes go to war with each other over land? If so, how can it be argued that their "weak" conceptualization of property led to them being taken advantage of by Europeans?	93
What was the psychological/theological impact on devout Muslims worldwide when Ataturk legally dissolved the Ottoman Caliphate in 1924? Was there outrage? Mourning?	83