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In 1 AD, how likely was the average free Italian to know Greek, and the average Greek to know Latin?

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If quinine was isolated in 1820, why did Europeans in Africa have such a high mortality rate to malaria throughout the whole 19th century?

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Some Reformed (Calvinist) churches are Episcopalian, and others are Presbyterian. In the century after the Reformation, who was which, and why?

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"The earliest surviving traces of Basque literary activity go back to the 16th century" - Wikipedia. Why? Do we really have nothing substantial from before then?

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How close did the Anglo-Saxons of around Alfred's time feel to the mainland Saxon people? How did they discuss the continuation of paganism in the latter?

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Did people in the 17th century really spell the same word differently in the same sentence? What could the advantage of this possibly be?

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In 1 AD, how likely was the average free Italian to know Greek, and the average Greek to know Latin?	2
If quinine was isolated in 1820, why did Europeans in Africa have such a high mortality rate to malaria throughout the whole 19th century?	1
Some Reformed (Calvinist) churches are Episcopalian, and others are Presbyterian. In the century after the Reformation, who was which, and why?	1
"The earliest surviving traces of Basque literary activity go back to the 16th century" - Wikipedia. Why? Do we really have nothing substantial from before then?	1
How close did the Anglo-Saxons of around Alfred's time feel to the mainland Saxon people? How did they discuss the continuation of paganism in the latter?	1
Did people in the 17th century really spell the same word differently in the same sentence? What could the advantage of this possibly be?	1