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I'm a Native American in the eastern US c. 1500. What Geographic Knowledge do I have? Would I be aware of the Rockies? The Pacific? Mesoamerican Civilizations?

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It's often said that the framers of the US Constitution didn't intend or expect parties. How did the framers fail to foresee this given the two party system in Britain?

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Why did Zoroastrianism all but die out, rather than adapting or syncretizing with Islamic belief systems?

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Did Classical or Archaic Greeks see the Mycenaeans, Minoans, and other Bronze Age cultures as a kind of “fallen world” or themselves as in a post apocalypse after the Bronze Age Collapse?

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Homer doesn't give Odysseus' ship a name, or name any of the ships in the Iliad. When did people start naming ships?

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M.I. Finley, a scholar of classical economics, argued there were only five true “slave societies” in history: Ancient Greece and Rome, and the Caribbean, Southern US, and Brazil. Is this claim criticized today? What does this say about the transatlantic slave trade in global historical context?

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Pre-Columbian Ports - Did any Native American cultures have permanent ports, lighthouses, harbors, or other maritime infrastructure?

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The Romans used Roman Numerals. What did the Classical Greeks use?

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I read somewhere that the last pocket of Hellenic pagans was only converted in the 800s. What do we know about them?

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Why were there no Basque colonies/settlements in the Americas?

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I'm a Native American in the eastern US c. 1500. What Geographic Knowledge do I have? Would I be aware of the Rockies? The Pacific? Mesoamerican Civilizations?	2401
It's often said that the framers of the US Constitution didn't intend or expect parties. How did the framers fail to foresee this given the two party system in Britain?	431
Why did Zoroastrianism all but die out, rather than adapting or syncretizing with Islamic belief systems?	369
Did Classical or Archaic Greeks see the Mycenaeans, Minoans, and other Bronze Age cultures as a kind of “fallen world” or themselves as in a post apocalypse after the Bronze Age Collapse?	310
Homer doesn't give Odysseus' ship a name, or name any of the ships in the Iliad. When did people start naming ships?	303
M.I. Finley, a scholar of classical economics, argued there were only five true “slave societies” in history: Ancient Greece and Rome, and the Caribbean, Southern US, and Brazil. Is this claim criticized today? What does this say about the transatlantic slave trade in global historical context?	153
Pre-Columbian Ports - Did any Native American cultures have permanent ports, lighthouses, harbors, or other maritime infrastructure?	113
The Romans used Roman Numerals. What did the Classical Greeks use?	100
I read somewhere that the last pocket of Hellenic pagans was only converted in the 800s. What do we know about them?	95
Why were there no Basque colonies/settlements in the Americas?	65