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Why did Orestes make his son, rather than himself, the last western roman emperor?

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I read a time travel story once where one of the characters mentions having got drunk in a tavern in a "Shang port". Did the Shang Chinese have much/any ocean going trade that would require setting up sea ports?

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who came up with the physical explanation for what fire actually is (IE rapid oxidation)?

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if you visited Hokkaido (Japanese island) in 1100BC would you expect to find hunter gatherers or agriculturalists?

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How long after publication did it take Newton's laws of motion to become standard in all physics classes in the western world?

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I've been watching Sons of Liberty (history channel drama), is there any basis for the notion that John Handcock was foppish?

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in England in the late 1940s and 50s, would it be unusual for a labour MP to be from an upper class back ground (IE went to public school and oxbrige)?

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how long did it take European crusader ships to get across the Mediterranean? what were conditions like on said ships?

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"The Life givng light of the sun". Before modern Science confirmed it did people attribute the fact the world was liveable to the fact that the sun gave it Energy?

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did they have ferries during the age of sail?

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Why did Orestes make his son, rather than himself, the last western roman emperor?	1
I read a time travel story once where one of the characters mentions having got drunk in a tavern in a "Shang port". Did the Shang Chinese have much/any ocean going trade that would require setting up sea ports?	1
who came up with the physical explanation for what fire actually is (IE rapid oxidation)?	1
if you visited Hokkaido (Japanese island) in 1100BC would you expect to find hunter gatherers or agriculturalists?	1
How long after publication did it take Newton's laws of motion to become standard in all physics classes in the western world?	1
I've been watching Sons of Liberty (history channel drama), is there any basis for the notion that John Handcock was foppish?	1
in England in the late 1940s and 50s, would it be unusual for a labour MP to be from an upper class back ground (IE went to public school and oxbrige)?	1
how long did it take European crusader ships to get across the Mediterranean? what were conditions like on said ships?	1
"The Life givng light of the sun". Before modern Science confirmed it did people attribute the fact the world was liveable to the fact that the sun gave it Energy?	1
did they have ferries during the age of sail?	1