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Imagine the Isle of Man in 277 BCE, imagine the isle of man in AD 277. In what ways (if any) would you expect life on the island to have changed as a result of having the Romans control the mainland?

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I've seen a lot of photos of samurai in armour from the very end of the Edo period. As I understand it Japan had been at relative peace for decades at that point, did that amour actually serve any practical purpose? if "no" why did they still have it?

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Suppose I live in Yorkshire in 717, suppose I travelled to London. How different would my spoken English be from that I'd encounter there? Would I & typical London person find each other mutually intelligible?

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Suppose you are a Roman living in AD 300 and you want learn what Egypt was like before you or the Greeks conquered it. Assuming you were well read and typical, who would you likely consider to be the most reliable historian on the subject?

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I've seen god knows how many TV documentaries that suggest Santorini was the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis. Do you think it's more or less likely that it's just a coincidence?

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were living standards better in Maoist China or Stalinist Russia?

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If you lived in the near East or North Africa 3000 years ago, was it particularly dangerous to eat pork (IE did the Jewish law have a practical backing at one time?)?

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would the ancient Greeks have known how large Africa was? and how far south it went?

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[META] the Mods originally offered me a different flair title but I asked for "Interesting Inquirer" instead because I like alliteration. Does the rest of this community(for the most part) like the title because I don't think it's fair that everybody be stuck with something I made up on the spot?

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I can think of at least 3 post- apocalypse stories where China is broken up into several small states controlled by competing violent war lords, (I think) because of the assumption that’s just what China reverts to when it’s not unified. Historically do you think that assumption has much foundation?

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Imagine the Isle of Man in 277 BCE, imagine the isle of man in AD 277. In what ways (if any) would you expect life on the island to have changed as a result of having the Romans control the mainland?	10	AskHistorians
I've seen a lot of photos of samurai in armour from the very end of the Edo period. As I understand it Japan had been at relative peace for decades at that point, did that amour actually serve any practical purpose? if "no" why did they still have it?	10	AskHistorians
Suppose I live in Yorkshire in 717, suppose I travelled to London. How different would my spoken English be from that I'd encounter there? Would I & typical London person find each other mutually intelligible?	10	AskHistorians
Suppose you are a Roman living in AD 300 and you want learn what Egypt was like before you or the Greeks conquered it. Assuming you were well read and typical, who would you likely consider to be the most reliable historian on the subject?	10	AskHistorians
I've seen god knows how many TV documentaries that suggest Santorini was the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis. Do you think it's more or less likely that it's just a coincidence?	10	AskHistorians
were living standards better in Maoist China or Stalinist Russia?	10	AskHistorians
If you lived in the near East or North Africa 3000 years ago, was it particularly dangerous to eat pork (IE did the Jewish law have a practical backing at one time?)?	10	AskHistorians
would the ancient Greeks have known how large Africa was? and how far south it went?	10	AskHistorians
[META] the Mods originally offered me a different flair title but I asked for "Interesting Inquirer" instead because I like alliteration. Does the rest of this community(for the most part) like the title because I don't think it's fair that everybody be stuck with something I made up on the spot?	10	AskHistorians
I can think of at least 3 post- apocalypse stories where China is broken up into several small states controlled by competing violent war lords, (I think) because of the assumption that’s just what China reverts to when it’s not unified. Historically do you think that assumption has much foundation?	10	AskHistorians