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imagine a typical 22 yr old rice farmer living in 105 BC in a part of Pakistan/India ruled over by an Indo-Greek king, imagine a typical 22 yr old rice farmer living in 1895 AD in a part of Pakistan/India ruled over by the British Empire. Which hypothetical farmer loses more income to taxation?	10
in The Roman Historical novel I read a few months back, there's a bit where the characters buy spiced Sausages from a street stall. I know the Romans had spices but were they any where near cheap enough for them to be used in fast food?	10
If you lived in the near East or North Africa 3000 years ago, was it particularly dangerous to eat pork (IE did the Jewish law have a practical backing at one time?)?	10
my grandmother once told me they use to love it when American soldiers came in the theatre she worked in, because they didn’t know English money and tended to over pay for tickets. Why would there have been many American servicemen in Staffordshire in WWII?	10
300 years ago in the Ottoman Empire in what ways were men & women treated differently under the law?	10
suppose you went to the Yucatán in 2750 BC. would you expect ti find (mostly) hunter gatherers or (mostly) farmers?	10
the movie All the Way goes from LBJ grieving over Kennedy, to him in the White House enthusiastically talking to people about his high hopes for the administration. How long after the Assassination was it before LBJ thought it was sufficiently tasteful for him to appear pleased to be in office?	10
Today the crews of large merchant/passenger ships (At least ones operated by major shipping companies) have a military like hierarchy with ranks, officers, uniforms and what not. When did it become the case that (non military) ships were operated this way? And why?	10
[META] the Mods originally offered me a different flair title but I asked for "Interesting Inquirer" instead because I like alliteration. Does the rest of this community(for the most part) like the title because I don't think it's fair that everybody be stuck with something I made up on the spot?	10
Why did medieval pubs and taverns survive into modern times in some European countries but not others?	10

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