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A mixed drink or cocktail seems to only go back as far as a couple hundred years ago with Grog, Sazeracs, etc. However a mixed drink seems to be such a simple idea, so would the people of classical antiquity ever have mixed drinks aside from watered or spiced fermented beverages?

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Why did plate smashing become a prevalent tradition amongst Greeks?

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In times of antiquity or even the medieval period did people ever combine cultural fashions?

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In one of the movies of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise there is a seen in which a man openly talks about trading spices for long pork (a term for human meat). Would it be legal to trade anything for human meat around that time?

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What did contemporaries of Bavarian prince-elector Maximillian II think of his two-handed sawfish sword?

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Were racial slurs ever commonly used within any point of the medieval period and if so what are some examples?

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Did Romans commonly use the axe, if not why is the axe part of such an important Roman symbol the fasces?

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Who was in charge of a Roman city during the Roman Republic?

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I don't know if this is the exact place to ask, but would the deaths in battles where melee weapons were primarily used (medieval, ancient, etc) be incredibly painful or would the adrenaline of battle cancel the pain of being stabbed, cut, etc, out?

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Why didn't the Assyrians switch over to iron quicker if iron was already being used decoratively and ceremonially?

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A mixed drink or cocktail seems to only go back as far as a couple hundred years ago with Grog, Sazeracs, etc. However a mixed drink seems to be such a simple idea, so would the people of classical antiquity ever have mixed drinks aside from watered or spiced fermented beverages?	2
Why did plate smashing become a prevalent tradition amongst Greeks?	2
In times of antiquity or even the medieval period did people ever combine cultural fashions?	2
In one of the movies of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise there is a seen in which a man openly talks about trading spices for long pork (a term for human meat). Would it be legal to trade anything for human meat around that time?	2
What did contemporaries of Bavarian prince-elector Maximillian II think of his two-handed sawfish sword?	2
Were racial slurs ever commonly used within any point of the medieval period and if so what are some examples?	2
Did Romans commonly use the axe, if not why is the axe part of such an important Roman symbol the fasces?	2
Who was in charge of a Roman city during the Roman Republic?	2
I don't know if this is the exact place to ask, but would the deaths in battles where melee weapons were primarily used (medieval, ancient, etc) be incredibly painful or would the adrenaline of battle cancel the pain of being stabbed, cut, etc, out?	2
Why didn't the Assyrians switch over to iron quicker if iron was already being used decoratively and ceremonially?	2