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Why was the Book of Mormon allegedly translated into "Shakespearean" English rather than how English was spoken in the 1800s when the translation process would've begun?

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The Wikipedia page for “Japan-Portugal Relations” states that Malay and Africans slaves owned Japanese slaves. How did this meta-slavery system work?

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Why didn’t the collapse of the USSR cause a reunification of North and South Korea meanwhile West and East Germany did reunify?

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Were most European nobles polyglots? How many languages were Kings and Emperors expected to know and speak?

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What did the relationship between the British in India and Ottoman Sultan as Caliph include?

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What was the American Public’s reception towards Emperor Hirohito after the war and especially with his visits to America?

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Ken Burn's Vietnam War documentary makes the claim that the West, particularly the US, prevented self-determination in Vietnam after the French left Indochina because they knew Ho Chi Minh would have won the election. Did the majority of Vietnamese really support Ho Chi Minh and the communists?

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How “treasonous” was Benedict Arnold’s betrayal when America wasn’t a nation in a practical sense?

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Before the invention of recorded audio, would the average person in the Anglo sphere know what various English-language accents sounded like?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why was the Book of Mormon allegedly translated into "Shakespearean" English rather than how English was spoken in the 1800s when the translation process would've begun?	290
The Wikipedia page for “Japan-Portugal Relations” states that Malay and Africans slaves owned Japanese slaves. How did this meta-slavery system work?	35
Why didn’t the collapse of the USSR cause a reunification of North and South Korea meanwhile West and East Germany did reunify?	11
Were most European nobles polyglots? How many languages were Kings and Emperors expected to know and speak?	11
What did the relationship between the British in India and Ottoman Sultan as Caliph include?	3
What was the American Public’s reception towards Emperor Hirohito after the war and especially with his visits to America?	2
Ken Burn's Vietnam War documentary makes the claim that the West, particularly the US, prevented self-determination in Vietnam after the French left Indochina because they knew Ho Chi Minh would have won the election. Did the majority of Vietnamese really support Ho Chi Minh and the communists?	1
How “treasonous” was Benedict Arnold’s betrayal when America wasn’t a nation in a practical sense?	1
Before the invention of recorded audio, would the average person in the Anglo sphere know what various English-language accents sounded like?	1