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Someone once told me that the church supported the Norman invasion or Ireland because they had less power there. Is that true? if "yes" how, how can the church have less than total power over followers lives when they have total discretionary power to excommunicate people?
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When did Japanese historians and archaeologists start teaching and writing about versions of the islands' history that strongly contradict the country’s official mythological history (you know the one where the imperial line goes back to several hundred years BCE & ultimately the gods)?
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You know post-apocalyptic sci-fi where future humans have reverted to a less technologically advanced state. Has there ever been a real instance of a civilisation having the technical know how to do something then later totally loosing (not just losing the means) it? if "yes" how did it happen?
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In AD 700 England was divided up into several Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Did they all speak mutually intelligible languages?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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