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how come in the early middle ages (lets say AD790 if that's too vague) risen bread was staple food in Europe and near east but not in north east Asia? and transversely how come rice wasn't a staple in Europe?

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how many people lived in the city of Carthage in 150BC(IE right before the last punic war)?

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was Aristotle held in high regard by roman/Greek philosophers in AD250?

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How would the loss of the Punic wars have effected the normal life in the city of Carthage?

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imagine a rich Roman estate in italy in AD 240, imagine a similar Roman estate in 240 BCE. How (if in any way) would they likely look different?

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did the Minoan have horses?

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was it bad manners to turn down an invitation to watch games in the Colosseum in roman times?

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I once read a time travel story partly set in 1250 BC Africa. There’s a bit in it where a man from Gambia encounters some Cape San, he concludes they're primitive because they don't have any domestic plants or animals. Would people in West Africa have had domestic plants or animals that far back?

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how many people had to be in agreement before the soviet union could lunch it's nukes?

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I remember once being told that in the Middle Ages and before young children were very just given diapers/loincloths and rapped in blankets when it was cold because the cost of colth made it too expensive to give fitted clothes to someone who'd grow out of them so fast. Is that at all true?

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how come in the early middle ages (lets say AD790 if that's too vague) risen bread was staple food in Europe and near east but not in north east Asia? and transversely how come rice wasn't a staple in Europe?	12
how many people lived in the city of Carthage in 150BC(IE right before the last punic war)?	12
was Aristotle held in high regard by roman/Greek philosophers in AD250?	12
How would the loss of the Punic wars have effected the normal life in the city of Carthage?	12
imagine a rich Roman estate in italy in AD 240, imagine a similar Roman estate in 240 BCE. How (if in any way) would they likely look different?	12
did the Minoan have horses?	12
was it bad manners to turn down an invitation to watch games in the Colosseum in roman times?	11
I once read a time travel story partly set in 1250 BC Africa. There’s a bit in it where a man from Gambia encounters some Cape San, he concludes they're primitive because they don't have any domestic plants or animals. Would people in West Africa have had domestic plants or animals that far back?	11
how many people had to be in agreement before the soviet union could lunch it's nukes?	11
I remember once being told that in the Middle Ages and before young children were very just given diapers/loincloths and rapped in blankets when it was cold because the cost of colth made it too expensive to give fitted clothes to someone who'd grow out of them so fast. Is that at all true?	11