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How would the Egyptians have treated prisoners of war in around 1000BC	31
suppose I'm an important Roman/Greek Writer (lets say Livy if you want someone specific) and I've just finished and important work. How do I go about getting it from my desk (or my scribe's desk) and into the hands of people who want to read it?	31
Were there any writers in the latter Roman Empire (lets arbitrarily say that means AD150 onward) who called for a return to Republic?	31
The 25th Dynasty of Egyptian pharaohs were Nubian, making them "black" by most western notions. Were scholars in Eroupe and North America aware of this dynasty's existence when black slavery was still legal/commonplace?	31
Are all the monotheistic religions in the world related to each other?	31
In 1115 what proportion of the byzantine military would have been archers? how does that answer compare to the number in the Roman military from 1000 years before?	31
in the middle ages (lets say ...1150 and England if the exact time and place maters) if you were the child of a lord would having a deformity prevent you from getting married or being part of public life?	31
Suppose I went to The Acropolis of Athens 1010BC(IE mid way through the Greek dark age). What (if anything) would I see there?	31
the Germans invented Fanta in WWIIs when it stopped being possible to import coke. were there any Japanese attempts to come up with home grown replacements for western products they couldn't get during the War?	31
Suppose I suffer a non life threatening wound (like suppose I get stabbed thought the hand in a fight) and I live in London in AD1000. What are my odds of dying of an infection? Do I have better or worse odds of getting a than a country dweller in the same circumstance?	31

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