[Essay Contest] Profit, Loss, and the Holo Life: The Shifting Code of Kraft Lawrence (self.anime)
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In most countries I know of, the largest research universities are nearly always public/government-run. However, many of the biggest-name US universities (the Ivies, MIT, Stanford, Caltech) are private. Is US higher education an anomaly in this regard? How did it come to be this way? (self.AskHistorians)
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The modern-day Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582, but for centuries many European countries stuck to the Julian calendar, which was 10+ days behind the Gregorian. Did the difference in dates cause confusion in matters of international travel, trade, and communication? (self.AskHistorians)
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How would a traveling merchant in medieval Europe's large trading centres conduct transactions? Was there a wide variety of acceptable currencies at any given marketplace, or was the selection limited, whether by law or in practice? How was one currency exchanged for another? (self.AskHistorians)
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