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How much did the Chinese Summer Palace cost to build? @ChickenGod In 1897, the price of silver was USD 0.60/oz. Assuming similar prices in China, the silver would have cost USD 24M back then. This random calculator states that this amount would be worth around USD 666M of today's dollars. This is in the same ballpark as CsBalazsHungary's final figure. |
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What role did British cartoonists play in the early 1800? That is very likely a James Gillray caricature. |
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May 20 |
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Was there discrimination against Jewish people at the entrance exams to the most prestigious universities in the USSR? It's odd that you are particular about the presence of references in answers and yet, haven't bothered adding any to your question. Furthermore, HistorySE considers Wikipedia articles to be perfectly acceptable. They usually cite reliable references. |
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Apr 27 |
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Is speaking Russian a privileged lingual habit in Ukraine nowadays? Sorry. But you will need to explain what your "something different" is. As it stands, your question contradicts itself. -1 |
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Apr 27 |
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Is speaking Russian a privileged lingual habit in Ukraine nowadays? Doesn't that Wikipedia excerpt answer the question? It continues to hold a privileged position in independent Ukraine. |
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Apr 26 |
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Israel's Official Gazette online? This is more of a "meta" question. Marked as such. |
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Apr 26 |
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Was Hitler's genocide of the Jews “different” from other mass killings? What do you mean by "different"? What is the point behind your question? Please flesh it out a little. |
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Apr 25 |
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Languages spoken by Josephus? @konwayk You seem to have created duplicate accounts: history.stackexchange.com/users/2014/konwayk and history.stackexchange.com/users/2015/konwayk . You might want to open a post on meta to possibly merge them. |
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Apr 23 |
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Why is our planet called Earth? @DarekWędrychowski No, human (via homo) is connected to ziemia through an ancestor. A human can also be referred to as an earthling. |
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Apr 23 |
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Why is our planet called Earth? @DarekWędrychowski Ziemia appears to be cognate with the English humus and homo (and thus, human aka earthling). |
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Apr 23 |
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Why is our planet called Earth? @MarkC.Wallace IMO, the WP page is a little unhelpful in that it does not provide meanings or dates. It simply lists Earth's linguistic ancestors. |
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Apr 23 |
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When and where did Louis Blanc say the famous “from each according to his abilities…”? Neither am I. But Google Translate translates "À chacun selon ses capacités, à chaque capacité selon ses œuvres" to "To each according to his capacity, to each capacity according to his works". |
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Apr 23 |
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When and where did Louis Blanc say the famous “from each according to his abilities…”? Wikipedia states that the quote is an adaptation of an earlier one by Henri de Saint-Simon. |
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Apr 23 |
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Has there ever been an attempted military takeover of a democracy in the western world? Duplicate of an answer above by Andrew Turvey. |
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Apr 23 |
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World War 1 Indian propaganda posters Considering the poverty and population levels, I suspect that no propaganda was required. |
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Apr 22 |
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Alexander's seizure of “Brahmin” towns You stumbled upon this while reading what? |
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Apr 20 |
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Effect of natural environment on the development of cultures Some elements are covered by Jared Diamond in his book, Guns, Germs, and Steel. I agree with @Darek that this question is too broad. |
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Apr 19 |
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What role did the United States government and major corporations have in controlling dissent and protest starting in the late 1940s? This sounds like a homework question. What do you think? |
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Apr 19 |
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Historical and biblical names for bottles of wine @DarekWędrychowski Answer updated. |
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Apr 16 |
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Did Pythagoras visit Judaea, Arabia, and/or India? Thank you. The gymnosophists page on WP carries a passage from Clement of Alexandria's Stromata that sounds eerily similar to your quoted preface. |
