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what animals would the people who lived in South Africa in the bronze age, have hunted?	2
what would now endangered animal populations have been like in size and distribution, thousands of years ago?	2
Emporer Elagabalus offered to pay many riches to any doctor that could construct a Virginia for him(her?), did he(she?) get any takers?	2
When the English won the battle of ashencore were they surprised or had they expected their strategy to work before hand?	2
what proportion of the saxons at the battle of hastings would have been archers? how does the number compare to the amount there would of been at later, post norman, English battles like Falkirk or Agincourt etc?	2
did the culture, technology, political setup and common the ideology of the roman empire change much over hundreds of years?	2
I've been told that native americans probably treated their women so well because their role in maize farming made them so important to society. does that mean women were treated worse in native tribes that were still pure hunter gatherer?	2
180 years ago were the British aware that their own industrial revolution had probably negatively affected life in other non-industrial countries by out competing industries there?	2
it's my understanding Good historians check as many sources as possible & evaluate their reliability before conclusions. Do you (or other historians you know) apply the same standards figuring out an accurate view of the past world as you do when figuring out an accurate view of the current world?	2
were there more surfs in 1057 England (before the norman conquest) or 1117 England (after the norman conquest)? which ruling class treated smallholders better?	2

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