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Simon De Montfort is credited with introducing a concept of representative Parliament in 1265, by representing two ELECTED burgesses (civilians) from select counties in Parliament - but who elected the two burgesses?
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Martial Arts crime syndicates are a common trope in fiction. What if any basis are there for these in real history?
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What do PRC historians teach about Ehmetjan Qasim, Marxist leader of Second East Turkestan Republic?
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Isaac Newton is said to have had an interest in alchemy. What evidence existed at the time that lead Newton to believe it was an achievable process? Did Newton publish any successes of his own?
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Today the Middle Ages is associated with Christian rule, but I’ve heard that people in the renaissance associated it with German rule instead. Is this true?
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