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In the movie 12 Years A Slave Benedict Cumberbatch's character allows his slave to play violin at an event off his plantation & earn money from it. The slave is told he could keep the money. Could that slave have any reasonable expectation of spending that money? And, if so, on what?

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How much has the crime rate changed over the centuries? We must be a much safer society nowadays than compared to, say, they 1600's...

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I understand the Islamic golden age was from 750 to the 1200's. Why did it end? Gengis Khan?

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We know how teenagers rebel in today's day and age but how do you think they rebelled against their parents/society in the Victorian age or during Roman time, etc?

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When did we start measuring years in BC and AD?

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When did people (in which society) start brushing their teeth? And what did they use?

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Why didn't the Byzantines imprison or kill Urban instead of letting him go work for Sultan Mehmet? The must have known he was going to build the cannons that brought ultimately down the walls of Byzantium...

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Did the hippies (counter culture) from the 60's really help shape new policies and help end the Viet Nam war or do they give themselves too much credit?

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This may be the wrong sub but how factual are Glen Beck's historical books? A few of them seem rather interesting but Mr. Beck lacks credibility IMO.

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Looking for a book on the Golden age of Islam and the sack of Bagdad. Anyone know of one?

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In the movie 12 Years A Slave Benedict Cumberbatch's character allows his slave to play violin at an event off his plantation & earn money from it. The slave is told he could keep the money. Could that slave have any reasonable expectation of spending that money? And, if so, on what?	31
How much has the crime rate changed over the centuries? We must be a much safer society nowadays than compared to, say, they 1600's...	25
I understand the Islamic golden age was from 750 to the 1200's. Why did it end? Gengis Khan?	24
We know how teenagers rebel in today's day and age but how do you think they rebelled against their parents/society in the Victorian age or during Roman time, etc?	24
When did we start measuring years in BC and AD?	24
When did people (in which society) start brushing their teeth? And what did they use?	23
Why didn't the Byzantines imprison or kill Urban instead of letting him go work for Sultan Mehmet? The must have known he was going to build the cannons that brought ultimately down the walls of Byzantium...	21
Did the hippies (counter culture) from the 60's really help shape new policies and help end the Viet Nam war or do they give themselves too much credit?	20
This may be the wrong sub but how factual are Glen Beck's historical books? A few of them seem rather interesting but Mr. Beck lacks credibility IMO.	20
Looking for a book on the Golden age of Islam and the sack of Bagdad. Anyone know of one?	20