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Two decades after Teddy, how helpful was the Roosevelt name to FDR in 1932?

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I'm a traveler in the ancient world, and I pass by the site of a major engagement several years after the fact (i.e. Teutoberg, Cannae, Mantinea, etc). Am I still able to see clear signs that a battle took place?

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The Euphrates often formed the border between the Roman Empire and the Parthians/Sassanids. What would it have been like to live in the borderlands?

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I've got two old manuscripts from the British Isles: one from the 7th century AD, one from the 11th century AD. What are the major differences I'd see between the two, particularly in calligraphy or usage of Latin?

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Cape Canaveral is getting walloped by Matthew right now. Were alternative locations for what became Kennedy Space Center ever seriously considered or debated, for weather or other reasons?

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If I wanted to figure out a more precise date of a manuscript from the British Isles written sometime between the 6th and 10th centuries, and I could only use clues based on differences in Latin usage and handwriting style, what are some of the major things I'd look for?

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Two decades after Teddy, how helpful was the Roosevelt name to FDR in 1932?	428
I'm a traveler in the ancient world, and I pass by the site of a major engagement several years after the fact (i.e. Teutoberg, Cannae, Mantinea, etc). Am I still able to see clear signs that a battle took place?	304
The Euphrates often formed the border between the Roman Empire and the Parthians/Sassanids. What would it have been like to live in the borderlands?	132
I've got two old manuscripts from the British Isles: one from the 7th century AD, one from the 11th century AD. What are the major differences I'd see between the two, particularly in calligraphy or usage of Latin?	8
Cape Canaveral is getting walloped by Matthew right now. Were alternative locations for what became Kennedy Space Center ever seriously considered or debated, for weather or other reasons?	5
If I wanted to figure out a more precise date of a manuscript from the British Isles written sometime between the 6th and 10th centuries, and I could only use clues based on differences in Latin usage and handwriting style, what are some of the major things I'd look for?	5