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did the Romans have the notion of what you might call "curiosity shops", IE shops that specialise in no particular commodity but just sell any exotic curio the vendor can get their hands on (thrift stores and pawn shops fulfil a similar function today)?	3
I would have thought helmet crests would be a hindrance in actual battle, were the greeks and romans (and any of civilization that had them) not worried about them getting caught on things, or the enemy grabbing them?	3
were the Zhou Chinese awar of the islands of Japan? If so what did they think of the Jōmon era people who lived there?	3
were there many people in japan who actively disagreed with the government and were opposed to the war in the early 1940s?	3
If you went on holiday to a British overseas territory (Gibraltar, Bermuda, etc) in the late 1940s would the food in the restaurants and hotels there have still been rationed like back home?	3
are those historians who research bizarre subjects (like video games or anime or what ever) usually real historians in the sense of having a PHD or at least a masters?	3
What was it like (in terms of social standing) being an Indian doing a police or military job for the British in the 1920, 30s or 40s, when much of the population were rebelling against them? Was there ever stigma attached to such jobs in India?	3
Suppose I live in constantinople/istanbul in 1460. would it be possible for me to spend money minted by the now gone byzantine emperors in a marketplace?	3
Remember in Gladiator how Maximum initially refused to fight and just lets his opponents beat him up in practice bouts. In reality how would the owner of a gladiator school react to that behaviour?	3
Did more Jews move to America or Britain before, during and after the Second World War?	3

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