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Would the tradition history of Rome (Romulus and Remus, The Rape of the Sabine Women, so on and so fourth) be as well known in 1395 Constantinople, as it was in Rome itself 1300 years before?

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I was just watching Slavoj Žižek on YouYube, he says the reason Gulags forced confessions where Nazi concentration camps did not, is that the USSR wanted to at least pretend those people were still in some way a redeemable part of the movement. Nazis were fine just openly condemning people. True?

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I’m a typical roman citizen (in Rome itself) in 454. Would I be aware that the Empire was in severe decline & existential threatened, or would I just think it was a bit harder to make a living in the city compared to my grandfather's time?

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how did the Mayans (circa 1116) hunt for meat (or other animal products)? how much (if at all) did they hunt for sport?

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when upper class romans were on campaign did they still eat reclined on couches like they would at home?

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Would the epics Gilgamesh have been popular and well known stories in the Acheaemenid empire?

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What was medical care like for working class British people in the 1920s (IE before the NHS)?

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in the 1780s how common was illiteracy in the newly founded United States?

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had the urnfield culture arrived in Britain by 1100BC?

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I was just reading about Lincoln on Wikipedia, did you really just have to pass test (as apposed to getting a law degree) to become a lawyer in the 1830s?

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Would the tradition history of Rome (Romulus and Remus, The Rape of the Sabine Women, so on and so fourth) be as well known in 1395 Constantinople, as it was in Rome itself 1300 years before?	6
I was just watching Slavoj Žižek on YouYube, he says the reason Gulags forced confessions where Nazi concentration camps did not, is that the USSR wanted to at least pretend those people were still in some way a redeemable part of the movement. Nazis were fine just openly condemning people. True?	6
I’m a typical roman citizen (in Rome itself) in 454. Would I be aware that the Empire was in severe decline & existential threatened, or would I just think it was a bit harder to make a living in the city compared to my grandfather's time?	6
how did the Mayans (circa 1116) hunt for meat (or other animal products)? how much (if at all) did they hunt for sport?	6
when upper class romans were on campaign did they still eat reclined on couches like they would at home?	6
Would the epics Gilgamesh have been popular and well known stories in the Acheaemenid empire?	6
What was medical care like for working class British people in the 1920s (IE before the NHS)?	6
in the 1780s how common was illiteracy in the newly founded United States?	6
had the urnfield culture arrived in Britain by 1100BC?	6
I was just reading about Lincoln on Wikipedia, did you really just have to pass test (as apposed to getting a law degree) to become a lawyer in the 1830s?	6