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I'n the AD 20s and the Early AD 30s the Romans conducted multiple political purges to (supposedly) defend Emperor Tiberius's authority. Did these purges effect the entire empire or just those living in the capital, Rome, It's self?	3
What was Christmas like on British navy ships during WW2? my grandfather was on an arctic convoy guard ship during the war and I never thought to ask this well he was alive.	3
600 years ago what proportion of the population of the Americas were agricultural, what proportion were hunter gatherers?	3
socialists sometimes argue about if Khrushchev's attempt to modernize the USSR would have worked out better if they'd had modern computers to help run the State's command economy. did the soviets make much use of human "computers" to help them decide how to distribute resources?	3
what was the typical age of an american pioneers in the time between Independence and the civil war?	3
When the Spanish landed in the Canary Islands in 1402 would they have been able to talk to the natives there? If "yes" would they have tried to negotiate the natives' submission or would they just have attacked them right away?	3
Suppose you were left homeless in Japan because your house had been destroyed by bombs (either atomic or conventional) at the end of WW2. How long would it be after the War before you likely found a new home? How did (most) people go about archiving this?	3
would it have been socially acceptable for an English colonial official in 1908 India, to marry a native women?	3
were there any trade links between northern Europe and china in AD800?	3
Suppose you're on a royal navy ship in the 1920s or 1930s. How do the rations you've given compare to that a man on serving during either of the world wars?	3

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