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would the middle kingdom Egyptians and the Minoans have been much aware of each other in 2000BC?

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did Constantine allow non Christians to work in his administration?

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did Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (IE the conical last king of Rome, "Tarquin the proud") & Lucius Junius Brutus (IE the man supposed to have overthrown Tarquin) really exist?

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What was daily life like for the average nuclear family (two opposite sex parents and their not yet adult children) at the start of 1518 in England?

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250 years ago did the average North Korean (yeah I know it didn't exist back then as a political entity) have more food than today?

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in 1714 were literacy rates higher in japan or china?

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my grandfather was on HMS Matchless when it helped sink the Scharnhorst. I never knew that took place on Christmas day when he was alive, if I had known I'd have asked him if they did Christmas stuff on boxing day or just didn't bother at all in 1943?

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I was just reading a scifi story set in 1942 (written in 1994) in which some Chinese peasants get abducted by aliens. When they see the world from space they are amazed by the fact that it is round. Is that an exagiration how ignorant people from that background would be?

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the hyperinflation the roman empire suffered in the 3rd century, would it have still been a problem when Constantine came to power in 312?

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were mid winter festivals (IE Christmas like festivals) the norm across the entire ancient world (lets say that means before 500AD), or was it just a thing in the parts of Eurasia colonised by Indo-Europeans?

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would the middle kingdom Egyptians and the Minoans have been much aware of each other in 2000BC?	7
did Constantine allow non Christians to work in his administration?	7
did Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (IE the conical last king of Rome, "Tarquin the proud") & Lucius Junius Brutus (IE the man supposed to have overthrown Tarquin) really exist?	7
What was daily life like for the average nuclear family (two opposite sex parents and their not yet adult children) at the start of 1518 in England?	7
250 years ago did the average North Korean (yeah I know it didn't exist back then as a political entity) have more food than today?	7
in 1714 were literacy rates higher in japan or china?	7
my grandfather was on HMS Matchless when it helped sink the Scharnhorst. I never knew that took place on Christmas day when he was alive, if I had known I'd have asked him if they did Christmas stuff on boxing day or just didn't bother at all in 1943?	7
I was just reading a scifi story set in 1942 (written in 1994) in which some Chinese peasants get abducted by aliens. When they see the world from space they are amazed by the fact that it is round. Is that an exagiration how ignorant people from that background would be?	7
the hyperinflation the roman empire suffered in the 3rd century, would it have still been a problem when Constantine came to power in 312?	7
were mid winter festivals (IE Christmas like festivals) the norm across the entire ancient world (lets say that means before 500AD), or was it just a thing in the parts of Eurasia colonised by Indo-Europeans?	7