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With innovative modern inventions such as the lightbulb, smartphones, or the automobile, is it the case that in human prehistory inventions such as the wheel or fire were a result of one or a handful of people's work? Or did lots of people figure them out?
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When and why did the Roman Empire stop being something that people saw as concurrent? And when did the idea of reestablishing the Roman Empire fall out of favor among Europeans?
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In a parliamentary-system, prime minister stepping down is acceptable (David Cameron, Theresa May) if he/she has lost the party's confidence, however, the same norm does not exist in presidential-system, where a resignation by a president is shocking and disgraceful! Any historical reason for this?
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