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A grand parent once told me schools had to hire a lot of women and bring retired teachers in during the war due to all the young male teachers being called up. Did universities have any problems keeping courses going when proffessors were called up?

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can you name a historical figure from more then 100 years ago that you sincerely admire?

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in the 1780s how common was illiteracy in the newly founded United States?

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were the Shoshone people hunter gatherers or farmers mostly, before they made contact with Europeans?

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125 years ago how common were Buddhist monks and/or priests in China? What proportion of the male population were they?

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suppose you're native american born in (what will become) Maryland in 1416, how much does your sex effect/determine what's expected of/from you by your society?

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Suppose I'm an English peasant farmer working my allotted field strips. at what point in history would I likely become aware of enclosure as an alternative to my way of life? at what point in history would I start actively worrying about enclosure taking away my livelihood?

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I've been told that the Romans thought it was improper to hold a triumph for a general/emperor who won a victory over other Romans. does that mean there was no public celebration in such cases, or just that it was less grand?

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In the first millennium BC Were scribes less valued in societies that used the phonetic alphabet (where it was easier to learn to read)?

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do you think people in ancient times had the same sense of their world being in constant flux, that we do?

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A grand parent once told me schools had to hire a lot of women and bring retired teachers in during the war due to all the young male teachers being called up. Did universities have any problems keeping courses going when proffessors were called up?	6	AskHistorians
can you name a historical figure from more then 100 years ago that you sincerely admire?	6	AskHistorians
in the 1780s how common was illiteracy in the newly founded United States?	6	AskHistorians
were the Shoshone people hunter gatherers or farmers mostly, before they made contact with Europeans?	6	AskHistorians
125 years ago how common were Buddhist monks and/or priests in China? What proportion of the male population were they?	6	AskHistorians
suppose you're native american born in (what will become) Maryland in 1416, how much does your sex effect/determine what's expected of/from you by your society?	6	AskHistorians
Suppose I'm an English peasant farmer working my allotted field strips. at what point in history would I likely become aware of enclosure as an alternative to my way of life? at what point in history would I start actively worrying about enclosure taking away my livelihood?	6	AskHistorians
I've been told that the Romans thought it was improper to hold a triumph for a general/emperor who won a victory over other Romans. does that mean there was no public celebration in such cases, or just that it was less grand?	6	AskHistorians
In the first millennium BC Were scribes less valued in societies that used the phonetic alphabet (where it was easier to learn to read)?	6	AskHistorians
do you think people in ancient times had the same sense of their world being in constant flux, that we do?	6	AskHistorians