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In the later Roman Empire, when tribes were settled as “federates” on land with existing Roman estates, were taxes from Roman landowners collected by Romans or by tribal officials? And did the revenue go to the tribe or the imperial government?

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When pastoralist tribes like the Sarmatians were settled in Roman territory, did they bring their flocks and continue herding, or did they become sedentary farmers?

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How familiar were medieval European scholars with Greek history? Were there Latin translations of (e.g.) Herodotus and Thucydides, or did they only have the summarized versions in the “universal histories” of early church historians?

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Before the rise of Christian bishops, Roman cities seem to have been dominated by multi-member councils without a single-person leadership role. Was this a result of official imperial policy?

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Does stellar wind cause dust and gas to collect in stable pockets in the interstices between stars?

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In pre-Columbian North America, was there long-distance trade for peppers and other Central American spices similar to the spice trade in the Old World?

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During the Reconquista, the dialects of northern Iberia spread south with their military conquests. What proportion of the southern population was already Romance-speaking (i.e., Mozarabic) compared to the northern immigrants?

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When the Greeks and Romans founded new cities as military colonies, did they initially consist of entirely free inhabitants, or were they provided with slaves (or the funds to purchase them)?

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When I remember something, I usually have some sense of how long ago it was, even without contextual clues (e.g., yesterday vs last week vs last year). Is there a name for this sensation of temporal distance, or any studies of how it gets stored in memory?

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Is it possible to take an arbitrary 2D slice of the universe—including gravitational curvature—and embed it in a 3D Euclidian space in a way that preserves its intrinsic curvature?

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In the later Roman Empire, when tribes were settled as “federates” on land with existing Roman estates, were taxes from Roman landowners collected by Romans or by tribal officials? And did the revenue go to the tribe or the imperial government?	4	AskHistorians
When pastoralist tribes like the Sarmatians were settled in Roman territory, did they bring their flocks and continue herding, or did they become sedentary farmers?	4	AskHistorians
How familiar were medieval European scholars with Greek history? Were there Latin translations of (e.g.) Herodotus and Thucydides, or did they only have the summarized versions in the “universal histories” of early church historians?	4	AskHistorians
Before the rise of Christian bishops, Roman cities seem to have been dominated by multi-member councils without a single-person leadership role. Was this a result of official imperial policy?	3	AskHistorians
Does stellar wind cause dust and gas to collect in stable pockets in the interstices between stars?	2	askscience
In pre-Columbian North America, was there long-distance trade for peppers and other Central American spices similar to the spice trade in the Old World?	2	AskHistorians
During the Reconquista, the dialects of northern Iberia spread south with their military conquests. What proportion of the southern population was already Romance-speaking (i.e., Mozarabic) compared to the northern immigrants?	2	AskHistorians
When the Greeks and Romans founded new cities as military colonies, did they initially consist of entirely free inhabitants, or were they provided with slaves (or the funds to purchase them)?	2	AskHistorians
When I remember something, I usually have some sense of how long ago it was, even without contextual clues (e.g., yesterday vs last week vs last year). Is there a name for this sensation of temporal distance, or any studies of how it gets stored in memory?	1	askscience
Is it possible to take an arbitrary 2D slice of the universe—including gravitational curvature—and embed it in a 3D Euclidian space in a way that preserves its intrinsic curvature?	1	askscience