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besides watching the general/emperor ride his chariot through the streets, what sort of festivities (if any) were involved in a Roman triumph?

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were there public baths in han China?

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Imagine you're in Kyoto in 1829. What can you buy that was made and/or grown outside Japan? What (if anything) western (by way of the Dutch) can you buy?

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what was the biggest city in the americas in AD 250? how does it compare to AD 250 Rome size and population wise?

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There’s a scene in Ancient Rome:The Rise and Fall of an Empire where Nasica summons slaves to hold up blankets so he can urinate into a pot, also brought by slaves, without anyone seeing his genitals. Did rich Romans really just urinate wherever they were standing instead of going to a toilet?

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suppose you were worked on a ship (either cargo, passangers, or Coastguard) in the Great Lakes in 1941. Did the lakes lack of navel significants in the war mean you were more or less likely to get drafted into the Navy, than someone working out of a coast port?

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what was largest single state in central america, in an around AD 30?

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the City and The Stars starts with the main characters entertaining themselves with a machine that puts you into an artificial shared dream world. the book came out in 1956, are there many/any instances of VR entertainment technology in science fiction from before then?

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in England, in the second world war were all medical doctors, conscripted to be doctors rather then ordinary soldiers?

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did the Romans (or anyone else?) keep any records about how common archers were among iron-age Celtic warriors?

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besides watching the general/emperor ride his chariot through the streets, what sort of festivities (if any) were involved in a Roman triumph?	1
were there public baths in han China?	1
Imagine you're in Kyoto in 1829. What can you buy that was made and/or grown outside Japan? What (if anything) western (by way of the Dutch) can you buy?	1
what was the biggest city in the americas in AD 250? how does it compare to AD 250 Rome size and population wise?	1
There’s a scene in Ancient Rome:The Rise and Fall of an Empire where Nasica summons slaves to hold up blankets so he can urinate into a pot, also brought by slaves, without anyone seeing his genitals. Did rich Romans really just urinate wherever they were standing instead of going to a toilet?	1
suppose you were worked on a ship (either cargo, passangers, or Coastguard) in the Great Lakes in 1941. Did the lakes lack of navel significants in the war mean you were more or less likely to get drafted into the Navy, than someone working out of a coast port?	1
what was largest single state in central america, in an around AD 30?	1
the City and The Stars starts with the main characters entertaining themselves with a machine that puts you into an artificial shared dream world. the book came out in 1956, are there many/any instances of VR entertainment technology in science fiction from before then?	1
in England, in the second world war were all medical doctors, conscripted to be doctors rather then ordinary soldiers?	1
did the Romans (or anyone else?) keep any records about how common archers were among iron-age Celtic warriors?	1