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people tend to imagine that during the Edo period Japan's culture & technological level was utterly stagnate. If you were an old person (80 to 100) living in Japan in 1850, what would you consider to be the biggest changes since you were a child?
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why did The Japanese not adopt agriculture until way later than most places in Eurasia where agriculture is viable?
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was it practical to be a hunter by profession (as in someone who goes out and kills animals for the main bulk of their living, instead of for just portion of it or for pleasure) in ancient Egypt, Rome or classical Greece?
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I remember once seeing a TV documentary in which the narrator said that William the Conquerer had the Pope's support in 1066. Is that true? If "yes" seeing as they were Catholics too, why didn't the Saxons feel obligated to submit?
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In 1984 (the novel) the main characters take it for granted that anyone will say whatever they're asked to when the party tortures them, regardless of strength of conviction or character. Would that belief about torture have been common (in the UK or the US) when the book came out in the late 40s?
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I once saw a TV documentary that said towards the end of the Western Roman Empire’s existence its army was so badly equipped soldiers often had no chainmail even though Rome knew the art of making it. Is that true? If “yes” what armour did they have instead (I assume they had something?)?
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Do you think it’s more meaningful to say that ancient Egypt ended in the fourth century BC (when Alexander invaded) or in the first century BC (when the Romans invaded)?
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