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Modern ancient cities have ethnic enclaves, like Little Italy or Chinatown. But when did cities start developing this feature? Did Rome have a Little Egypt or a Greektown?

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What was the organizational structure of the Dutch East India Company? Who were the presidents, and were there even presidents, or CEOs, etc.?

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What's the history of (dollar) bills? Why are there only $1, $2, $5, etc. bills, and not, say, 3-dollar bills?

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What was ancient brewing like?

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Was there any form of public schooling for children in the High Roman Empire?

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It's common knowledge that European diseases destroyed the Native American population. But were there any Native American diseases that the Europeans didn't have immunities to? And why weren't the Europeans as hurt as by those diseases as the Native Americans were theirs?

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Modern ancient cities have ethnic enclaves, like Little Italy or Chinatown. But when did cities start developing this feature? Did Rome have a Little Egypt or a Greektown?	800
What was the organizational structure of the Dutch East India Company? Who were the presidents, and were there even presidents, or CEOs, etc.?	54
What's the history of (dollar) bills? Why are there only $1, $2, $5, etc. bills, and not, say, 3-dollar bills?	9
What was ancient brewing like?	6
Was there any form of public schooling for children in the High Roman Empire?	1
It's common knowledge that European diseases destroyed the Native American population. But were there any Native American diseases that the Europeans didn't have immunities to? And why weren't the Europeans as hurt as by those diseases as the Native Americans were theirs?	0