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Besides rice what cultivated crops did they have in Edo period Japan?

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Most of the HMS Belfast is a Museum. (at least) Three rooms are used for the gift shop, cafe, ticket booth and a work shop. What were those rooms originally used for that they weren't seen as worth preserving in period condition?

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what would the ancient egyptians say if you asked them who/what was on the other side of the Mediterranean in 2000BC?

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Suppose you're a Christian in Britain in 1056, how wealthy do you need to be to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem? What would the journey typically entail in the 11th century?

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how common were young people who behaved in a stereotypically hippie like way (I.E travling, free love, drug taking) in 1970 America?

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were people in classical times aware that technology had been less sophisticated in the past?

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was it socially acceptable for white English colonial officers to marry native women and bring them back to Britain?

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would the food Babylonians and Assyrians (circa 1300BC) ate have been heavily spiced like modern near eastern cuisine tends to be?

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in HBO Rome when Antony and Cleopatra hold back the grain supply to Rome things get so bad in the city people start eating stray cats and dogs. wouldn't Rome have still been getting grain in from Carthage?

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Can you think of a monarch who had real power when they under 21 and actually used it pretty well?

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Besides rice what cultivated crops did they have in Edo period Japan?	19
Most of the HMS Belfast is a Museum. (at least) Three rooms are used for the gift shop, cafe, ticket booth and a work shop. What were those rooms originally used for that they weren't seen as worth preserving in period condition?	19
what would the ancient egyptians say if you asked them who/what was on the other side of the Mediterranean in 2000BC?	19
Suppose you're a Christian in Britain in 1056, how wealthy do you need to be to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem? What would the journey typically entail in the 11th century?	19
how common were young people who behaved in a stereotypically hippie like way (I.E travling, free love, drug taking) in 1970 America?	19
were people in classical times aware that technology had been less sophisticated in the past?	19
was it socially acceptable for white English colonial officers to marry native women and bring them back to Britain?	19
would the food Babylonians and Assyrians (circa 1300BC) ate have been heavily spiced like modern near eastern cuisine tends to be?	19
in HBO Rome when Antony and Cleopatra hold back the grain supply to Rome things get so bad in the city people start eating stray cats and dogs. wouldn't Rome have still been getting grain in from Carthage?	19
Can you think of a monarch who had real power when they under 21 and actually used it pretty well?	19