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Many ancient societies flourished for centuries well having a commun like social set up, yet most modern commune fail in a few years. Why does a setup that works in 2000BC Britain fail 1974 California?	40
1000 years ago were any of the societies in south/east asia, excluding the aborigines themselves, aware of the existence of australia? if "yes" which ones? if "no" why not?	40
at the end of the second world war how did the allies go about reuniting families, particularly children, who'd been split up as a result of some of their members being caught behind captured/enemy territory & consequently intended?	40
Did the declining wealth and political power of the Byzantine Empire actually have any effect on the lives of the Emperors? Would a Byzantine emperor in circa 1390 be any poorer or have live any more frugally than a Byzantine emperor in circa 1120?	40
There's a scene in Rome where a foreign King asks about shows where Roman women are raped by baboons, Cassius says its a punishment not a show. What (if anything real) the hell are they talking about?	39
as far as we know who is the first Chinese person to visit the British isles?	39
in 1491 the native americans of (what is now) New England got all their meat from hunting. Do we know if that meant they ate meat less often then Europeans (IE who kept livestock) who lived at the same time?	39
in 1515 would many/any of the educated people in Europe have known what Buddhism is?	39
at the time were many/any news sources thankful or congratulating towards Jack Ruby for killing the presidents killer?	39
did the Byzantine Aristocrats (circa AD1116) eat dinner reclined like ancient Romans Aristocrats did?	39

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