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Suppose I'm a typical voter in the U.S in the late 18th century. Am I aware the founders based the structure of the country on the work of other enlightenment philosophers (John Locke & so fourth), or do I think they made it all up them selves?	14
in his autobiography David Mitchell (comedian) says his brother works for an investment firm in oxford, as their in house historian. why would an investment firm need a historian?	14
Back in the 18th century when Edinburgh was a major epicentre of scientific and philosophical study, would the academics there (thinking people like David Hume) have spoken with a recognisable Scottish accent?	14
Suppose I live the midlands (which I do) in the interim between the Romens leaving and the Saxons arriving (which I don't). Who would I likely think of as my leader (in a secular sense)?	14
In 1977 would Brezhnev have had less personal power than Stalin did in 1947?	14
what (if anything) was theological justification used for the king/emperor's right to rule in the Chinese states that predated the contrivance of the Mandate of Heaven (particularly in the Shang state)?	14
Suppose in 1940 you asked a normal Japanese person if it was right or wrong for the army to take Korean and/or Chinese women as sex slaves. Would they be aware of and believe what you were asking about actually takes place? If "yes" what answer would they most likely giver and why?	14
When did Gladiatorial combat stop being popular entertainment in either the Western or Eastern Roman Empirer?	14
in 1923 were general living standards higher in the US or the UK? In either case why?	14
World it have been particularly unusual for a young man to drop out of the Ivy League (yeah I know it didn't exist back then, but I mean the universities that now comprise it) to fight in World War One, if they weren't being drafted?	14

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