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when the greeks and/or the Romans made bronze statues did they cast them all in one go in one large mould or did they made the body parts separately and stick them together after cooled?

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did all the people who lived in US at the time constitution was signed get to become citizens of the new country right away, or was it only the white people to start with?

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Suppose you told a normal English person in the early 18th century that nothing in the empire was going to change only all the the black slaves would be made free. Would they most likely think that was a good thing or a bad thing?

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Wikipedia says that some of the Scottish/Celtic tribes near the border probably converted to Roman Christianity. Is that true? If "yes" would this be the tribes converting on their own, or the Romans sending missionaries over Hadrian's wall?

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Did any of the rich or aristocratic Saxon families survive 1066 with their wealth, land and respectability intact?

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Suppose you're a Jewish doctor in a German hospital in the 1930s. At what point will you likely be fired?

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were philosophers more respected than scientists 200 years ago?

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is it true Europeans were less war like and hierarchical in the early bronze age then than the mid-iron age?

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there's a part of my home town where there's a lot of old (as in victorian) big houses. I keep seeing these oval metal things attached to the walls around there, what are they and what are they for (see pictures)?

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suppose I'm the 10 year old son of the pharaoh (circa 1100 BC) and I backtalk one of my teachers/tutors. is he allowed to beat me like he would a normal child?

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when the greeks and/or the Romans made bronze statues did they cast them all in one go in one large mould or did they made the body parts separately and stick them together after cooled?	3
did all the people who lived in US at the time constitution was signed get to become citizens of the new country right away, or was it only the white people to start with?	3
Suppose you told a normal English person in the early 18th century that nothing in the empire was going to change only all the the black slaves would be made free. Would they most likely think that was a good thing or a bad thing?	3
Wikipedia says that some of the Scottish/Celtic tribes near the border probably converted to Roman Christianity. Is that true? If "yes" would this be the tribes converting on their own, or the Romans sending missionaries over Hadrian's wall?	3
Did any of the rich or aristocratic Saxon families survive 1066 with their wealth, land and respectability intact?	3
Suppose you're a Jewish doctor in a German hospital in the 1930s. At what point will you likely be fired?	3
were philosophers more respected than scientists 200 years ago?	3
is it true Europeans were less war like and hierarchical in the early bronze age then than the mid-iron age?	3
there's a part of my home town where there's a lot of old (as in victorian) big houses. I keep seeing these oval metal things attached to the walls around there, what are they and what are they for (see pictures)?	3
suppose I'm the 10 year old son of the pharaoh (circa 1100 BC) and I backtalk one of my teachers/tutors. is he allowed to beat me like he would a normal child?	3