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When did we stop using "the class system" in America? Do we just call it something else? It seems like in the early 1900s, there was three classes... ??

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Many cultures have myths about a child being perceived as a threat, abandoned, rescued, raised by their rescuer, and returning as an adult, c.f. Moses. Has this ever actually occurred in history?

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What did the average person do for fun in your area of study?

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Given how bad WWI was in terms of loss of life and cost to society, how was it that world culture actually flourished in the proceeding decade of the 1920s?

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Why did ordinary Northern working class Americans, farmers and settlers care so much about whether or not slavery expanded into Kansas and further into the West? Was it purely on moral or economic grounds?

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Was the creation (or attempt creation) of the Difference Engine viewed as a historically significant event before computer technology took off in the mid 20th century?

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I found this article about basically how awful Winston Churchill was, and I'm just wondering if someone can attest to its accuracy.

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What was/were the cause(s) of the English language evolving from Old English into modern English?

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Were there Germanic cities or "culture" beyond the Roman frontier in the 100s-400s CE?

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Can someone briefly explain to me how the Roman Catholic Church stayed in operation after the fall of western Rome?

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When did we stop using "the class system" in America? Do we just call it something else? It seems like in the early 1900s, there was three classes... ??	16
Many cultures have myths about a child being perceived as a threat, abandoned, rescued, raised by their rescuer, and returning as an adult, c.f. Moses. Has this ever actually occurred in history?	16
What did the average person do for fun in your area of study?	16
Given how bad WWI was in terms of loss of life and cost to society, how was it that world culture actually flourished in the proceeding decade of the 1920s?	16
Why did ordinary Northern working class Americans, farmers and settlers care so much about whether or not slavery expanded into Kansas and further into the West? Was it purely on moral or economic grounds?	16
Was the creation (or attempt creation) of the Difference Engine viewed as a historically significant event before computer technology took off in the mid 20th century?	16
I found this article about basically how awful Winston Churchill was, and I'm just wondering if someone can attest to its accuracy.	16
What was/were the cause(s) of the English language evolving from Old English into modern English?	16
Were there Germanic cities or "culture" beyond the Roman frontier in the 100s-400s CE?	16
Can someone briefly explain to me how the Roman Catholic Church stayed in operation after the fall of western Rome?	16