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did people in bronze age Britain do a lot hunting? if "yes" why, was wild game just part of their diet, or was it more likely for sport (like hunting in the modern western world)?	8
170 year ago were bows and arrows still a significant factor in Japanese conflict?	8
Before Europeans arrived did the Guanches (the native population of the Canary Islands) fish in the waters around their islands?	8
1000 years ago were there many/any known schools of thought that involved recognising the possibility of non-human & non-supernatural (at least no more supernatural than they viewed human to be) sapient beings?	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
How did market places in large cities work before Money? suppose I want to buy bronze knife in 1116BC Memphis, what would the bronze Smith likely want as payment?	8
Imagine Portus (Rome's main port) in AD299, Besides grain what goods would you expect to see the ships bringing in for sale in Rome?	8
In 1993 a majority of Russian voters voted that they supported economic and social policies that has been conducted by Boris Yeltsin's administration. I don't understand why they'd vote that way? I thought poverty levels went up drastically in the years right after the end of the USSR?	8
Just now I was reading a historical novel set during the Second Punic War. There's a bit in it where two people use a public Bath complex in Rome. is that an anachronism in 219BC?	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

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