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In the Communist Mannifesto, Marx and Engels write "Communism is already acknowledged by all European powers to be itself a power", yet we consider Marx and Engels to be the founders of Communism, where did the ideas of Communism originate from and what influence did they have before 1848?

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How come most pre-Columbian cities were situated in South-America or around Mexico?

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How did crime and punishment work in the middle ages? If I had been sentenced for a crime like theft would I be incarcerated as I would be today? Or did they favor other forms of punishment?

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Why did the Ottomans never develop full plate armor?

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What was the population distribution of the typical classical Greek polis? Would most people live in the city itself or the holdings outside of it? And what would rural life be like?

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Are there any examples of societies with feudal political structure but not a manorial economy?

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In the Communist Mannifesto, Marx and Engels write "Communism is already acknowledged by all European powers to be itself a power", yet we consider Marx and Engels to be the founders of Communism, where did the ideas of Communism originate from and what influence did they have before 1848?	329
How come most pre-Columbian cities were situated in South-America or around Mexico?	17
How did crime and punishment work in the middle ages? If I had been sentenced for a crime like theft would I be incarcerated as I would be today? Or did they favor other forms of punishment?	11
Why did the Ottomans never develop full plate armor?	3
What was the population distribution of the typical classical Greek polis? Would most people live in the city itself or the holdings outside of it? And what would rural life be like?	1
Are there any examples of societies with feudal political structure but not a manorial economy?	1