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did the British have ale and/or mead 4000 years ago?

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when did people in Mesopotamia stop using clay tablets as a writing medium?

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suppose you're wealthy person living in an ancient Egyptian city, lets say Memphis, in 1100BC. would you have slaves/servants in your house?

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Imagine an Egyptian city in 1395 BC, imagine the same Egyptian city in 1116 BC (IE after meny bad harvests and the sea people invasions). what differences would you expect?

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3100 years ago before coined money known in the Europe, the Near East or North Africa, in what form would a king or a rich man have his stores of gold smelted into?

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When I was little I had a toy bow that fired suction cup arrows (Or at least it would have if I'd known how to fire). Did toys like that exist after the Middle Ages and before archery became popular as a modern sport? Would a child in 1660s London know what a bow is?

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Were the well known Greek philosophers known at all outside the classical/Roman world in AD300?

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Did what pre-existing skills you had effect what job you'd be given upon joining the Roman army?

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why did people in Northern Europe tend towards longbows instead of composite bows?

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if one "normal" white German committed a crime against another in 1940 would they get a real trial?

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did the British have ale and/or mead 4000 years ago?	3
when did people in Mesopotamia stop using clay tablets as a writing medium?	3
suppose you're wealthy person living in an ancient Egyptian city, lets say Memphis, in 1100BC. would you have slaves/servants in your house?	3
Imagine an Egyptian city in 1395 BC, imagine the same Egyptian city in 1116 BC (IE after meny bad harvests and the sea people invasions). what differences would you expect?	3
3100 years ago before coined money known in the Europe, the Near East or North Africa, in what form would a king or a rich man have his stores of gold smelted into?	3
When I was little I had a toy bow that fired suction cup arrows (Or at least it would have if I'd known how to fire). Did toys like that exist after the Middle Ages and before archery became popular as a modern sport? Would a child in 1660s London know what a bow is?	3
Were the well known Greek philosophers known at all outside the classical/Roman world in AD300?	3
Did what pre-existing skills you had effect what job you'd be given upon joining the Roman army?	3
why did people in Northern Europe tend towards longbows instead of composite bows?	3
if one "normal" white German committed a crime against another in 1940 would they get a real trial?	2