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I once read a time travel book set in Britain 1250BC, there's a bit where a character is invited into another chracter's hut and offered bread with mutton stew. Did the practice of making food into stew exist in Europe that far back?	1
suppose you're a medical Doctor in Rome in AD 299, how much money do you make relative to a typical Citizen? More or less?	1
In Rome there's a scene where Vorenus is sending his daughters to the countryside to keep them safe from a gangster. There mother tells them she'll find them farmers to marry if they can't come back. Were there many/any small farms left in Italy by 50BC?	1
Suppose I asked you something like "what was china like in AD 300?" and then asked you "what was japan was like in AD 300?". For which place would you have most (reliable) Primary sources to base your answer on?	1
when did the minoans build the first cities (let's say that means any settlement of at least 10000 people) in what is now Greece?	1
I'm reading a novel set in 255. There's a bit in it where a Persian slave (more or less) says that the Sassanids are destined to destroy the Romans because their ruler is the king of kings and the Zoroastrian God is backing him. Is this something Persian adolescent would realistically say?	1
suppose Rome (circa AD150 to AD350) is cut off from the North African Grain supply Because provinces there are revolting against the capital. Would the frequent games & festivals still go on in the city, even if the people who live there are facing famine?	1
Is it accurate to think of the descends of the people who were moved during the Trail of Tears as a diaspora?	1
when did it become the scientific consensus that all vertebrates evolved from fish?	1
Did most people in 2000BC Britain live mostly of of meat and other animal products, or crops and things made from them (like bread)?	1

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