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did the level of technology in the urbanised parts of America change much between the age of the Olmecs and the arrival of Columbus?	21
I remember once reading that Constantine put a notorious child killer to death in the arena. Can anyone elucidate on that incident? If "no" can anyone tell me about any other Roman serial killers & how they were viewed/punished?	21
Suppose you're a merchant (from elsewhere in England) staying in London in 1142. what sort of food and accommodation would you expect to be able to get well staying there?	21
would the pyramids have still had their limestone cladding when Herodotus saw them in the 5th century BC?	21
Suppose you're walking along the docks of a Meditarnian city (presumably Egyptian or Phoenicia) in 1117BC. Would you expect to see many/any foreign trader ships, or had the Greek dark age led to the end of international trade by then?	21
I've been told (by Crash Course History) that WW2 Japanese soldiers were expected to scavenge or steal food from occupied territory instead of being sent rations from home. Does that mean men in the Imperial Navy ate better? if "yes" did that effect what service Japanese people tried to enter?	21
in the ancient world how much training did it take to become a professional archer, and what did they do in peace time?	21
would the Romans have held the other urban societies around the near east and Mediterranean, in higher regard then the people in northern Europe?	21
"they make a desolation and call it peace" why did Tacitus give that line to the Caledonian chief in his "history"? Why did he write a tirade against his own sociaty?	21
what happened to you in WW2-era Germany if you had Jewish ancestry but not enough to get you sent to concentration camp?	21

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