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when I was a child my family travelled to the top Teide (the volcano on Tenerife), the gift shop there had a mural that depicted the Guanches like stereotypical caveman (IE animal skin wearing hunter gatherers). is that at all close to what they were really like before the spanish showed up?

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When was the bible First translated into Japanese?

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why did The Japanese not adopt agriculture until way later than most places in Eurasia where agriculture is viable?

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today doctors are seen as very respectable and they make a lot. what was their social standing & pay like in Rome (circa AD250) back when they were less capable of actually helping people?

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in Game of thrones the Dothraki eat horse meat when they run out of pillaged food. what meats would real horse riding nomads, such as the Huns or Mongols, have eaten regularly?

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would having been born to working class parents be much of a hindrance to political advancement one hundred years ago in England, even if you were as educated as your aristocratic opponents?

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did the Taíno eat dogs?

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I once read an novel where Otto Skorzeny is depicted as being as being extremely likable (on a personal level), having a dirty/good sense of humor, and being over confident. was he like that in reality?

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When did maize farming reach the part of north America where Maryland now is?

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Suppose you're an able bodied Russian peasant farmer living sometime between 1870 and 1970. In that time scale what would be the best specific time for you to live in with regard to having food a shelter?

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when I was a child my family travelled to the top Teide (the volcano on Tenerife), the gift shop there had a mural that depicted the Guanches like stereotypical caveman (IE animal skin wearing hunter gatherers). is that at all close to what they were really like before the spanish showed up?	9
When was the bible First translated into Japanese?	9
why did The Japanese not adopt agriculture until way later than most places in Eurasia where agriculture is viable?	8
today doctors are seen as very respectable and they make a lot. what was their social standing & pay like in Rome (circa AD250) back when they were less capable of actually helping people?	8
in Game of thrones the Dothraki eat horse meat when they run out of pillaged food. what meats would real horse riding nomads, such as the Huns or Mongols, have eaten regularly?	8
would having been born to working class parents be much of a hindrance to political advancement one hundred years ago in England, even if you were as educated as your aristocratic opponents?	8
did the Taíno eat dogs?	8
I once read an novel where Otto Skorzeny is depicted as being as being extremely likable (on a personal level), having a dirty/good sense of humor, and being over confident. was he like that in reality?	8
When did maize farming reach the part of north America where Maryland now is?	8
Suppose you're an able bodied Russian peasant farmer living sometime between 1870 and 1970. In that time scale what would be the best specific time for you to live in with regard to having food a shelter?	8