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Why are people in the West generally less fit today then they were in the past?

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In the novel "Imperium" by Robert Harris there is mention of Marcus Crassus attempting to create a ten-man commission ostensibly as part of an agrarian reform program but actually a coup. Is there any evidence of this in actual history?

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A professor of mine called the Harlem Renaissance a "result of white affluent charity." What level of patronage was involved?

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Did Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson every meet again in person after their administrations?

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For any Medieval historians, do you remember a tale of a Syrian doctor that treated people, but who was overruled by a Christian doctor and killed the patients?

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In 18th Century Britain, was there a gradual concentration of land and wealth into fewer hands as noble families married into one another and estates merged?

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Why was Krakow and most of Poland spared the Black Death in the Middle Ages?

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What happened to Western defectors to the Chinese or Soviet Union after the Cold War ended?

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After Eisenhower became Supreme Commander of the Allied Expedition Force, what as his relationship with Churchill as the British Minister of Defense?

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Why did the Romans in the late Empire give up, while it seemed that the Romans of the early Republic or Empire would just on fighting until victory?

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Why are people in the West generally less fit today then they were in the past?	3
In the novel "Imperium" by Robert Harris there is mention of Marcus Crassus attempting to create a ten-man commission ostensibly as part of an agrarian reform program but actually a coup. Is there any evidence of this in actual history?	3
A professor of mine called the Harlem Renaissance a "result of white affluent charity." What level of patronage was involved?	3
Did Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson every meet again in person after their administrations?	3
For any Medieval historians, do you remember a tale of a Syrian doctor that treated people, but who was overruled by a Christian doctor and killed the patients?	3
In 18th Century Britain, was there a gradual concentration of land and wealth into fewer hands as noble families married into one another and estates merged?	3
Why was Krakow and most of Poland spared the Black Death in the Middle Ages?	2
What happened to Western defectors to the Chinese or Soviet Union after the Cold War ended?	2
After Eisenhower became Supreme Commander of the Allied Expedition Force, what as his relationship with Churchill as the British Minister of Defense?	2
Why did the Romans in the late Empire give up, while it seemed that the Romans of the early Republic or Empire would just on fighting until victory?	2