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Suppose you're a common French soldier on campaign in 1700-1710 in one of king Louis XIV's wars, suppose you're a common French soldier on campaign in 1800-1810 in one of Emperor Napoleon's wars. In terms of living conditions, provisions and duties, how would the two mens' situations compare?

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How did the medieval Church morally justify forgiving apparently penitent criminals then executing them anyway?

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why were john locke's ideas influential on the founding fathers?

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How unusual was it for people in 1700 New England to marry Indian women?

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relative to the population are there more published writers living in Britain today than there would have been in 1557?

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I once read a scifi story set in the 1940s. There's a bit in it where Stalin describes an alien computer as "an adding machine that can almost think" and doesn't seem to have heard of computers before. Is that accurate for Stalin in 1942?

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Were later highly organised armies in the western world deliberately modelled on the roman army, or is it just a coincidence they work in a somewhat similar way?

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1 Suppose I'm a Hun (free man) in AD300. Is my horse any better (larger, faster, stronger, etc) than that a typical Roman soldier might have?

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When did reclining to eat, in the Graco-Roman style, fall out of fashion in Europe?

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in 1664 would the inheritance of New England have thought of them selves as being English in the sense of being directly subject to it's laws and the orders of the king, like an English person actually in England would be?

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Suppose you're a common French soldier on campaign in 1700-1710 in one of king Louis XIV's wars, suppose you're a common French soldier on campaign in 1800-1810 in one of Emperor Napoleon's wars. In terms of living conditions, provisions and duties, how would the two mens' situations compare?	7
How did the medieval Church morally justify forgiving apparently penitent criminals then executing them anyway?	7
why were john locke's ideas influential on the founding fathers?	7
How unusual was it for people in 1700 New England to marry Indian women?	7
relative to the population are there more published writers living in Britain today than there would have been in 1557?	7
I once read a scifi story set in the 1940s. There's a bit in it where Stalin describes an alien computer as "an adding machine that can almost think" and doesn't seem to have heard of computers before. Is that accurate for Stalin in 1942?	7
Were later highly organised armies in the western world deliberately modelled on the roman army, or is it just a coincidence they work in a somewhat similar way?	7
1 Suppose I'm a Hun (free man) in AD300. Is my horse any better (larger, faster, stronger, etc) than that a typical Roman soldier might have?	7
When did reclining to eat, in the Graco-Roman style, fall out of fashion in Europe?	7
in 1664 would the inheritance of New England have thought of them selves as being English in the sense of being directly subject to it's laws and the orders of the king, like an English person actually in England would be?	7