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I've noticed that problems (poverty, lack of human rights, violence, etc.) in Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, India, and Latin America are all blamed on European Colonialism. Do historians agree that European colonialism caused all of these countries/regions to have their problems?
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When and how did the practice of governments maintaining a list of approved names, as in Iceland, come about? How common is it in history?
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How much continuity is there between modern Japanese concepts such as kamikaze and other things making reference to samurais etc. (seems to be especially common around wartime) and real ancient samurai practises?
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How was archaeology and historiography practiced and viewed by civilizations in Europe and Asia during the during the middle ages?
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How would a diplomatic meeting between two countries in the Middle Ages be conducted? What procedures would be in place? Who would negotiate?
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Are there any pre-1900 accounts of people known to have experienced the paranoia that they are constantly being watched by someone/something?
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