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It's 1835, can I buy stock in a slave-holding firm? Can I invest in a plantation or something else through a stock exchange based a free states, like the NYSE?

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Did the cultural exchange of Bactria and other indo-Greeks after Alexander include Plato, Aristotle or any pre-socratics? If so, were there any responses or writings on Greek philosophy following?

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How unique to modern economies is the Business Cycle? Would renaissance investors have experienced occilating booms and busts? Would roman investors?

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Is the prevalence of monarchies/dictatorships a product of the stability of the one-ruler system, or human ambition?

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History has been a profession for thousands of years, are there any ancient or past writers that wrote specifically for historians of the future?

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Are there any records of isolated communities in Europe or elsewhere retaining pagan traditions or practices locally a la "The Wicker Man"?

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Do we have records of monuments or memorials from ancient history?

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[META]Can we fix this? (Mobile)

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How would the social reaction to having a Quran in one's home vary among literate europeans in something like the 7th, 12th, and 17th centuries?

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Was the power of the Pope at its height over medieval kings weaker than, say the French monarchy over its vassal? Could the papacy be considered on some level just another level up the weak feudal chain at times?

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It's 1835, can I buy stock in a slave-holding firm? Can I invest in a plantation or something else through a stock exchange based a free states, like the NYSE?	8
Did the cultural exchange of Bactria and other indo-Greeks after Alexander include Plato, Aristotle or any pre-socratics? If so, were there any responses or writings on Greek philosophy following?	8
How unique to modern economies is the Business Cycle? Would renaissance investors have experienced occilating booms and busts? Would roman investors?	8
Is the prevalence of monarchies/dictatorships a product of the stability of the one-ruler system, or human ambition?	8
History has been a profession for thousands of years, are there any ancient or past writers that wrote specifically for historians of the future?	7
Are there any records of isolated communities in Europe or elsewhere retaining pagan traditions or practices locally a la "The Wicker Man"?	7
Do we have records of monuments or memorials from ancient history?	7
[META]Can we fix this? (Mobile)	7
How would the social reaction to having a Quran in one's home vary among literate europeans in something like the 7th, 12th, and 17th centuries?	7
Was the power of the Pope at its height over medieval kings weaker than, say the French monarchy over its vassal? Could the papacy be considered on some level just another level up the weak feudal chain at times?	7