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These days, even billionaires drink the same soft drinks as everyone else, and spend much of their lives on phones even the median citizen can afford with a little saving. Are such standardized consumer goods a product exclusive to the past century, or are there historical antecedents?

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How did the role of women in Carthaginian (or Phoenician, if that's all we have sources for) society differ from the roles of women in the Greek and Roman worlds?

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How did the role of women in Carthaginian (or Phoenician, if that's all we have sources for) society differ from the roles of women in the Greek and Roman worlds?

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How common, and how expensive, were metal tools in classical antiquity? How late did stone tools, especially blades, survive in household use?

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During the War of 1812, did an American warship really let a smaller British warship escape because it claimed to be returning a dead general's effects to England?

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I'm a well-to-do Libyan living in the agricultural hinterland of Carthage in 220 B.C. How do my rights, duties, religion, and leisure differ from my Phonecian neighbors?

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These days, even billionaires drink the same soft drinks as everyone else, and spend much of their lives on phones even the median citizen can afford with a little saving. Are such standardized consumer goods a product exclusive to the past century, or are there historical antecedents?	2101
How did the role of women in Carthaginian (or Phoenician, if that's all we have sources for) society differ from the roles of women in the Greek and Roman worlds?	128
How did the role of women in Carthaginian (or Phoenician, if that's all we have sources for) society differ from the roles of women in the Greek and Roman worlds?	16
How common, and how expensive, were metal tools in classical antiquity? How late did stone tools, especially blades, survive in household use?	15
During the War of 1812, did an American warship really let a smaller British warship escape because it claimed to be returning a dead general's effects to England?	14
I'm a well-to-do Libyan living in the agricultural hinterland of Carthage in 220 B.C. How do my rights, duties, religion, and leisure differ from my Phonecian neighbors?	1