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What accommodation was made in society for disabled people after large wars? Eg after ww1 and ww2? Now in law buildings have to accessible but is this a modern concept? Was transport, pavements, toilets that were public changed?

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Many classical literary works began as private letters or commissions. Was “publishing” these works a formal act, or was the difference between public and private circulation just a matter of degree?

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Are anti-LGBTQ+ laws in African countries a colonial import? In other words, what do we know about (what we would today refer to as) LGBTQ+ individuals and communities in pre-colonial Africa communities.

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The year is 1200. My wife and I run a small barley farm in rural Scotland and we just found out she’s pregnant. What’s the plan for delivering the baby? Would I know what to do? Do we send her to her mother’s? Is there a doctor in the nearby village?

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