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had southern Iberia entered the bronze age by 2300BC?

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were most of the English university graduates educated during the life time of the grammar school system, in fact educated in grammar schools?

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were there any exclusively hunter people left in Europe in 1100BC?

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Towards end of Boardwalk Empire there's a scene where a woman, in a FlashGordon-esque costume, offers to take Nucky into a tent where he can "see the future". When he gets inside there's a primitive TV showing images. Is it plausible that you'd find televisions as sideshow attractions in 1931?

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The Roman economy was extremely reliant on slavery in the first century BC. Did Rome have run away slave patrols like the antebellum south did?

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before the 1950s (IE before the civil rights movement) were most African Americans aware exactly what part of Africa (IE west Africa) their ancestors had been taken from?

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I just started a course on modern European history (IE everything from Waterloo to now). are there any good books on the subject I can get in audio book form?

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I read a novel about Spartacus a while back. In the story he decides not to try attacking Rome directly because of the Servian Wall. By the 70s BC did the Servian Wall still encompass enough of Rome to still actually be useful for defence?

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suppose you're a low class Japanese person in 1415. how often do you bathe? how does it compare to how often a low class European (particularly English, if that's too vague) washed?

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How did people get into skilled trades in ancient times, in Europe and the near east?

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had southern Iberia entered the bronze age by 2300BC?	2
were most of the English university graduates educated during the life time of the grammar school system, in fact educated in grammar schools?	2
were there any exclusively hunter people left in Europe in 1100BC?	2
Towards end of Boardwalk Empire there's a scene where a woman, in a FlashGordon-esque costume, offers to take Nucky into a tent where he can "see the future". When he gets inside there's a primitive TV showing images. Is it plausible that you'd find televisions as sideshow attractions in 1931?	2
The Roman economy was extremely reliant on slavery in the first century BC. Did Rome have run away slave patrols like the antebellum south did?	2
before the 1950s (IE before the civil rights movement) were most African Americans aware exactly what part of Africa (IE west Africa) their ancestors had been taken from?	2
I just started a course on modern European history (IE everything from Waterloo to now). are there any good books on the subject I can get in audio book form?	2
I read a novel about Spartacus a while back. In the story he decides not to try attacking Rome directly because of the Servian Wall. By the 70s BC did the Servian Wall still encompass enough of Rome to still actually be useful for defence?	2
suppose you're a low class Japanese person in 1415. how often do you bathe? how does it compare to how often a low class European (particularly English, if that's too vague) washed?	2
How did people get into skilled trades in ancient times, in Europe and the near east?	2