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why do we, or more pertinently the Hellenistic Greeks, say Alexander the Great conquered "the world" when in actuality he just stopped in India? Did the Greek really believe there was nothing beyond there?	5
what (if anything) did people in north America and Europe think of Japan in the first half of the 19th century before the US forced them to open up trade?	5
In 1400BC Did the Shang Chinese have large towns and cities (IE like the Middle East or India at the time) or not (IE like most of Eroupe at the time)?	5
how old is that story about Alexander crying salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer?	5
there's a scene in Rome where antony kills a deer in germania because his legions are running out of grain for soldiers' porridge. would a typical Roman aristocrats (or Mark Antony in particular) have any bushcraft skills?	5
I've been told that a major reason Spartacus lasted as long as he did was that Rome saw no honour in defeating slaves and so wouldn't field enough forces to defeat him. Is this true? Are there many/any other instances of wars being extended because Rome was too embarrassed to fight properly?	5
Suppose it's some time around 650 BCE and you're a (free) Spartan. What's your daily life like in peace time? How much does it differ from that of a typical Ancient Greek?	5
Why didn't it occur to any of the East Asian powers to try and colonise the Americas from the East?	5
Why we use the same word (button) for both cloth fastenings and the things we press to interface with machines?	5
When did china start manufacturing so much stuff? and why did china start manufacturing so much stuff?	5

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