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During the Roman Empire, where and how would one get the large numbers of trees required to plant new orchards (olives, almonds, apricots, apples, etc).	21
What do we know about the types of cheeses made in New France prior to the british conquest?	19
How long did stone tool usage (even episodic) persist throughout Europe after the onset of the Bronze age?	19
How much agricultural produce would one expect to find stored in an Algonquian community in the Canadian Shield at the onset of winter? Would it mostly be produced locally or would it be imported through trade with more southern Nations such as the Wyandots or the Haudenosaunee?	19
Was there a salt trade amongst North American natives? If so, did it circulate through the same trade routes as other goods such as chert, maize and wampum?	18
When pope Pius IX authorised Crétineau-Joly to publish the Alta Vendita's plan to infiltrate and corrupt the Church, he forbade revealing the identity of the conspirators. Do we know what might have been his reasons for doing so?	16
How did the conversion of Persia to Islam after it's integration in the Umayyad Caliphate affect the customs and relation of Persians to wine?	16
At the Battle of Quebec, why did Benedict Arnold & Montgomery attack the walled city in a snowstorm with undersupplied troops wearing torn rags instead of taking the time to gather their strength and wait for reinforcements?	16
When Pope St. Gregory wrote to St. Augustine of Canterbury, about proscribed foods during Lent, he included cheese in the list. Was there an established tradition of avoiding cheese during Lent at the time?	16
What do we actually know about the practices surrounding the cult of Eostre?	15

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