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Did the "discovery" of the Americas immediately change the lives of normal everyday people in Spain or Europe more broadly?
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Before the modern period, how how did people perceive nutrition in their food and diet? Did people consciously change or vary their diet to achieve some end?
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Phillip II of Spain was, for a short time, the King of England... to what extent was he involved in English affairs?
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If one tried to use a US quarter minted in 1920 today, it would be accepted as tender. Would the same thing be true in Ancient Rome? If I found a coin from the early 2nd century, could I use it in the 4th?
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Horace has a poem that in English makes reference to 'reading the tea leaves'. Is this a translation issue, or was tea common enough that it was a term? Was camellia sinensis part of trade routes and consumed in any way in Ancient Rome, or otherwise what 'tea' might be common?
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