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imagine rich Roman living Near London in AD299, imagine a tribal chief living in the sliver of modern day England that wasn't held by the Romans in AD299. in what ways would expect their daily lives to be similar? in what ways would expect their daily lives to be different?	29
when I ask questions about East Coast native Americans, I always say that I want to know about pre-Colombian times, but people always give me answers based on colonists' observations in 1600s. Is there any reason to think their way of life changed much in that 140 odd year gap?	29
would what they spoke in Japan in 1114 be as unintelligible to a modern Japanese person as English in 1114 would be to most modern day people from anywhere in the Anglosphere?	29
suppose you live in Northern Alaska circa AD 1000. how often do you completely change your clothes? post-infanthood is there any time in your life it'll be safe for you to be completely nude (I'm counting a sleeping bag as clothes)?	29
In 1314 what would have been the most westerly people/civilisation the Japanese would have been aware of?	28
In Tim Burton's Ed Wood, Ed (the main character) goes into a bar and gets served despite being a transvestite. How plausible is that in 1959 America?	28
After the Norman Conquest the English strongly encouraged normal people to practice with the longbow, it was even legally mandated at times. how common was archery in Saxon England, or in other medieval kingdoms that did not have such laws?	28
why does the first world war have a reputation for disillusioning people with the notion war was glorious? I mean I know it was particularly awful, but it’s not like other wars weren’t awful before 1914?	28
How did the classical Athenians (circa 350BC) feel about foreigners worshiping non native gods in their city? Were they as cosmopolitan about it as the later Romans were?	28
In The Day of the Triffids there's a bit where a Sociology Professor argues that morality is a social construct and they should abandon any moral notions that hinder rebuilding society. In 1951 would most/many (adult) readers have been aware of that concept already?	28

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