Historical Writings Trivia Questions
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On what subject did Ptah Hotep, similar to Emily Post and Eleanor Roosevelt, write in Ancient Egypt?
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etiquette
What did Pliny the Elder write a how-to book on how to hurl?
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javelin
Who is the author of the pamphlet 'Common Sense' that includes the line, 'The birthday of a new world is at hand'?
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thomas paine
What ancient empire did Edward Gibbon spend 15 years chronicling in his work on its decline and fall?
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roman empire
Who wrote in 1776 in 'The Crisis' that 'Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered'?
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thomas paine
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