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why didn't any western powers forcibly prevent the Japanese empire from becoming too powerful before it could became a threat to them?	5
Suppose I am a the young son of a nobleman in the Sasanian Empire in circa AD300. what does my formal education consist of? When does it start and end?	5
When Stalin died did the US press treat the event as a good thing?	5
Aside from the few times grain supply from North Africa was cut off, or when smallpox ravaged the Seven Hills, did the Crises of the Third century actually have much effect on daily life in the city of Rome it's self?	5
in 1992 who had more calories in their diet, a typical North Korean Citizen, or a typical South Korean Prison inmate?	5
in season 4 of Boardwalk Empire we're told that Teddy Thompson (Nucky's adopted then estranged son) is on the verge of becoming an registered electrician. when the US entered WW2 he'd be about 26 or 27. what would someone his age and profession likely end up doing after conscription or enlistment?	5
did the Kush hunt african Elephants and sell ivory to other civilizations? if "yes" how did they do that without guns?	5
Was there a greater degree of wealth disparity between a typical Roman senator and a typical inhabitant of imperial Rome (circa 266), or a typical PM and a typical inhabitant of Victorian London (circa 1866)?	5
I read a novel about the Spartacus slave revolt, at one point it's a plot point that the Roman Army tracking Spartacus are having issues with disease & lack of supplies. Is it realistic that could be an issue for an army in the Apennines, I mean they're pretty close to the core of the Roman empire?	5
Were the ancient eygeptians as open about sex and innuendo as the Greeks and Romans?	5

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