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Were early European visitors to the New World puzzled to find familiar species, like bears and wolves, living there?
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It's 17th Century Western Europe and I've just been (falsely) accused of being a witch. Can I expect a reasonably fair trial or am I doomed to be executed. If I do have the luxury of a trial, what would most likely be the best course of defense?
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According to most sources, Cyrus the Great died in battle at the age of 70. At the time, Was it common for men this old to participate in battle directly?
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Historians - In light of April Fool's Day, I'm curious about how ancient/classical works are treated in regards to satire. Do you historians generally know when something is tongue in cheek?
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After the American Civil war and reconstruction period, where there any slave owners that simply refused to free their slaves? Is so, how did the government deal with the situation?
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I'm a wealthy English gent in the 1840s and I'm about to go on a tour of Germany. What currency do I need to take? Where do I exchange my money? Do I need to take a different currency for every different German state?
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Did Jesus fit the template for what the Israelites were expecting in a messiah, or were they expecting something closer to a conquering Lord? What did the prophets of the Old Testament have to say on the matter?
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How did the Egyptian tombs of great kings get “lost”? For example when king tut was buried I presume there were guards there, when did they stop guarding it against thieves? Was there one day when everyone forgot where the gold filled tombs were and we just discovered them 3000 years later?
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