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How accurate are the politics in Game of Thrones to that of real life medieval politics? At first I thought I was a gross exaggeration but upon reflection I dont actually know.

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When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima did the Japanese leadership believe that it was a single bomb? Or did they think it was a concentrated area of bombing that was a trick by the Americans?

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In large scale battles how common was it in the chaos of battle for someone to be able to notice that their side was getting annihilated put on the colors of the opposing side from a fallen enemy and slink away?

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What would happen to me if I was sent back in time 500 years 1500'ish to lets say England or what ever England is at this time and I am a Black Woman and was a modernly educated woman who knew how to read and write math and lets would I be respected or ignored?

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So in a world where the European Axis powers achieve their objectives in the Continental Europe and Russia. Would hitler have simply allowed Japan to rule the east or would he of turned on them too eventually?

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How accurate are the politics in Game of Thrones to that of real life medieval politics? At first I thought I was a gross exaggeration but upon reflection I dont actually know.	1
When the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima did the Japanese leadership believe that it was a single bomb? Or did they think it was a concentrated area of bombing that was a trick by the Americans?	1
In large scale battles how common was it in the chaos of battle for someone to be able to notice that their side was getting annihilated put on the colors of the opposing side from a fallen enemy and slink away?	1
What would happen to me if I was sent back in time 500 years 1500'ish to lets say England or what ever England is at this time and I am a Black Woman and was a modernly educated woman who knew how to read and write math and lets would I be respected or ignored?	0
So in a world where the European Axis powers achieve their objectives in the Continental Europe and Russia. Would hitler have simply allowed Japan to rule the east or would he of turned on them too eventually?	0