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what would have been the most northerly place of human habitation in around 1800BC?	3
why did Rome wait as long as did the conquer Egypt?	3
I'm given to understand that part of the reason Rome conquered Britain was because Rome already had trade with the island and they wanted more economic control. If I'm a Roman trader traveling to Britain in 75BC how do I know I won't be robbed & killed as soon as I cross the channel?	3
before Hitler came to power was the living standard and personal wealth of the average German Jew the same as that of non Jewish white christian germans?	3
suppose in 1977 you asked any given Russian person what they though of Stalin, assuming they answered truthfully is it more likely they'd have predominantly good or bad things to say about him?	3
There's an episode of radiolab about German POWs being put to work on American farms during WW2. At one point one of the male hosts asks if there were any known instances of American girls and German POWs falling in love, the reporter says "yes" but gives no details. Did any such instances occur?	3
suppose you are a Japanese sailor trying to obtain employment on a merchant ship in 1945 to 1955. would having served in the imperial navy during WW2, be a help or a hindrance to your prospects?	3
Suppose I'm a English common soldier. What's the earliest date I would consider a firearm a more important asset then any kind of bladed weapon?	3
Today we tend to regard losing a child as one of the worst personal tragedies imaginable, whereas we tend to regard losing an elderly parent/grandparent as a sad but inevitable thing. Would somebody in Europe/America 300 years ago regard the two differently in terms of their relative awfulness?	3
is it true that epicureanism philosophy underwent a significant upshot in popularity in the third century because its rejection of the affairs of the material world jived with the sense of hopelessness all the war and political intrigue in the Roman empire, was instilling in people?	3

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