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The slave trade changed the lives of millions of people, and the economy of the world. But which continent (Europe, Africa, or the Americas) changed the most as a result of the Atlantic slave trade.
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In countries like Sweden, where organized, internal corruption is all but unheard of, people used to bluntly pay to get positions that they could then use for personal profit, same as modern-day Afghanistan. So how did countries like Sweden evolve out of this plethoric small-scale corruption?
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Did photographic documentation of Japanese American internment camps reach the American public during WWII?
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I am an American privateer who has been captured during the Revolution. Am I a pirate or a prisoner?
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Where does the black and white striped bandit with a the eye mask, hooks for hands, and bag with a dollar sign on it come from?
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How much truth do you think is there to this Oscar Wilde quote: "America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between."
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Before the invention of electronic banking and paper currency, how did the super wealthy store their money?
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