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Would a normal person living in England in 1415 likely be aware that technology had changed between their own time and 1115?	382
In Roman Constantinople (circa 1116) were there any kind of public celebrations held on or around Christmas? If "yes" what did they involve?	380
Suppose you're a Byzantine soldier in the early 13th century. How badly would the sack of 1204, effect the empire's ability to pay you and make sure you have functional armour, weapons and supplies?	369
Why it is the case that we can use the Rosetta stone to translate hieroglyphics from two or three thousand years before in was made (in 196 BC)? Why isn't the Egyptian from that long before, as different as my English is from Proto-Germanic?	369
where the Romans comfortable with the idea if showing physical affection to their children or spouses in public?	367
in HBO's Rome the actress they had playing Cleopatra, has slightly darker features than most of the Roman cast, presumably because she's supposed to be North African. the Ptolemies were originally Greek, by the time of Cleopatra's birth had they interbred with native Egyptians much/at all?	364
how long did it take knowledge of the Europeans' existence to spread to all the Indian tribes who lived in what is now the Contiguous United States?	362
Wikipedia says that during WW2 Budweiser made cans green so as to make them camouflaged for troops. was this just publicity stunt or were soldiers genuinely drinking in situations where they were at enough risk that they needed to be camouflaged?	355
Were many people upset when they announced they weren't bringing back the bodies England’s war dead back at the end of WW1?	349
When did it stop being legally possible for English people to just sail across the Atlantic and set up a colony in North America?	348

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