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Before the Romans came were British Celtic women aloud to learn to use bows and arrows?

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did the Mayans have a form of currency in pre-Colombian times?

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at what point in the 20th century was support for the US military at its lowest, and why?

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had Stonehenge fallen into disuse by 1100BC?

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suppose you visited a Chinese city in AD93 and then again AD1093. Assuming you couldn’t speak Chinese to ask someone the date how could you tell which was which?

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I remember being told and subsequently looking up a pre-Norman anglo-saxon theologian who also wrote a bit about classical philosophy, but I've also since read that Roger Bacon was the earliest known native british born philosopher. can anyone suggest to me who I might have looked up the first time?

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As I understand it Companies & corporations didn't exist during the time of imperial Rome. Does that mean all the ships transporting commodities around the Mediterranean were directly owned by the imperial government?

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When Shakspear wrote his historical plays did he do research (as a modern writer would be expected to) or did he just go of what could remember from school?

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In the last episode of Rome a centurion catches Caesarion by speaking a few words in ancient Egyptian, prompting the boy to respond. Did the Ptolemaic dynasty bother teaching their children the native language?

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the Green Mile is set in Louisiana in 1935. Would it have been more realistic for them to have just killed John Coffey on the spot instead of arresting him?

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Before the Romans came were British Celtic women aloud to learn to use bows and arrows?	1
did the Mayans have a form of currency in pre-Colombian times?	1
at what point in the 20th century was support for the US military at its lowest, and why?	1
had Stonehenge fallen into disuse by 1100BC?	1
suppose you visited a Chinese city in AD93 and then again AD1093. Assuming you couldn’t speak Chinese to ask someone the date how could you tell which was which?	1
I remember being told and subsequently looking up a pre-Norman anglo-saxon theologian who also wrote a bit about classical philosophy, but I've also since read that Roger Bacon was the earliest known native british born philosopher. can anyone suggest to me who I might have looked up the first time?	1
As I understand it Companies & corporations didn't exist during the time of imperial Rome. Does that mean all the ships transporting commodities around the Mediterranean were directly owned by the imperial government?	1
When Shakspear wrote his historical plays did he do research (as a modern writer would be expected to) or did he just go of what could remember from school?	1
In the last episode of Rome a centurion catches Caesarion by speaking a few words in ancient Egyptian, prompting the boy to respond. Did the Ptolemaic dynasty bother teaching their children the native language?	1
the Green Mile is set in Louisiana in 1935. Would it have been more realistic for them to have just killed John Coffey on the spot instead of arresting him?	1