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were most Samurai actually trained to use their Katana in combat by towards the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate period?
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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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Did the pre-columbian Mayans or the aztecs have any idea who lived in the parts of America outside of their influence?
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Today the crews of large merchant/passenger ships (At least ones operated by major shipping companies) have a military like hierarchy with ranks, officers, uniforms and what not. When did it become the case that (non military) ships were operated this way? And why?
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How (if at all) did the Crisis of the Third Century effect normal life in the city of Rome? How would AD252 Rome be different from AD152 Rome?
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There's a scene in Rome where Caesar tells the Egyptian court they're legally obligated to pay Ptolemy XII's debts. When they point out that's only Roman law, Caesar asks "is there some other form of law?". Did the Romans really regard all other societies' laws as meaningless?
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Would English folk stories and legends (Robin hood, King Arthur, etcetera) have been widely known outside the British isles before the British empire?
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In Boardwalk Empire there's a sub plot in the Fourth season about Eli's eldest son lying to him about drinking and smoking at university. I get the drinking part but would parents in 1923 worry about smoking at all? if so why, its not like they know about the health risks?
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