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How did going from an isolated island nation to a superpower which acted on a more international scale in the 20th Century change Japanese culture?

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How much trade and cultural exchange between pre-modern civilizations in the Horn of Africa and regions further down the coast like Kenya and Tanzania?

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Is recreational smoking attested to in Ancient Rome?

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If Romans saw castration as an affront, why was the castration of catamites legal and practiced for so long?

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Is it true that wine-making and viticulture was basic, almost primitive, in ancient Greece and that it wasn't until the Romans that "fine wine" and more refined cultivation developed?

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With Roman soldiers spending as much as 25 years service, how regularly would they be able to communicate with any family back home?

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I remember reading that fruits were thought to have medicinal properties but were also thought to be dangerous in large quantities. Were people initially wary of all the new fruits when the New World was discovered?

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In ancient Rome people were buried close to cities and along roads (as well as each other). Were graves seen with the same superstition/fear as today?

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When did brewers start distinguishing between and labelling the currently recognized types of beers (ie. lagers & ales)?

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Did the Seleucids ever attempt to reinvade or reconquer parts of Baktria and India in the latter part of the Hellenistic period? If not, why?

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How did going from an isolated island nation to a superpower which acted on a more international scale in the 20th Century change Japanese culture?	2
How much trade and cultural exchange between pre-modern civilizations in the Horn of Africa and regions further down the coast like Kenya and Tanzania?	2
Is recreational smoking attested to in Ancient Rome?	2
If Romans saw castration as an affront, why was the castration of catamites legal and practiced for so long?	2
Is it true that wine-making and viticulture was basic, almost primitive, in ancient Greece and that it wasn't until the Romans that "fine wine" and more refined cultivation developed?	2
With Roman soldiers spending as much as 25 years service, how regularly would they be able to communicate with any family back home?	2
I remember reading that fruits were thought to have medicinal properties but were also thought to be dangerous in large quantities. Were people initially wary of all the new fruits when the New World was discovered?	2
In ancient Rome people were buried close to cities and along roads (as well as each other). Were graves seen with the same superstition/fear as today?	2
When did brewers start distinguishing between and labelling the currently recognized types of beers (ie. lagers & ales)?	2
Did the Seleucids ever attempt to reinvade or reconquer parts of Baktria and India in the latter part of the Hellenistic period? If not, why?	2