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what sort of size would the population of north america have been in the year 1664BC?

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What differences would you see were you to vist England several decades befor the Black Death and then several decades after?

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900 years ago were all the major bishops in the Catholic Church from upper crust families? Was at possible for a normal guy to enter the church and work his way up?

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we tend to romanticise the idea of shops that sell a variety items, donated or pawned, 120 years ago, when pawn shops where all over Europe and america, how were they commonly viewed?

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We're the well known Greek plays from the athenian golden age, preformed much or all in the rest of the classical times?

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Does the Mormon war count as civil war?

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I've been told that the reason Christianity grew so large so fast because it has more to offer the poor than roman paganism did. Does that mean Islam had a harder time getting converts since they were dealing with people who already believed fanatical monotheistic religion, Zoroastrianism?

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when Julian became roman emperor did he try to reverse any of the prohibitions Constantine (and his successors) tried to put on gladiatorial combat because they thought it was in unchristian?

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Excluding nobles & people who otherwise work for the crown directly in some capacity, how would the richest 1% of people in 1330 England have most likely acquired their wealth?

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before Darwin did scientists already know that mythological animals that share traits from different unrelated families, bird winged horses for example, can't really exist?

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what sort of size would the population of north america have been in the year 1664BC?	1
What differences would you see were you to vist England several decades befor the Black Death and then several decades after?	1
900 years ago were all the major bishops in the Catholic Church from upper crust families? Was at possible for a normal guy to enter the church and work his way up?	1
we tend to romanticise the idea of shops that sell a variety items, donated or pawned, 120 years ago, when pawn shops where all over Europe and america, how were they commonly viewed?	1
We're the well known Greek plays from the athenian golden age, preformed much or all in the rest of the classical times?	1
Does the Mormon war count as civil war?	1
I've been told that the reason Christianity grew so large so fast because it has more to offer the poor than roman paganism did. Does that mean Islam had a harder time getting converts since they were dealing with people who already believed fanatical monotheistic religion, Zoroastrianism?	1
when Julian became roman emperor did he try to reverse any of the prohibitions Constantine (and his successors) tried to put on gladiatorial combat because they thought it was in unchristian?	1
Excluding nobles & people who otherwise work for the crown directly in some capacity, how would the richest 1% of people in 1330 England have most likely acquired their wealth?	1
before Darwin did scientists already know that mythological animals that share traits from different unrelated families, bird winged horses for example, can't really exist?	1