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did whether you were Zoroastrian or a Babylonian pagan effect your opportunities in the Persian empire (circa 480 BC)?
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why do we, or more pertinently the Hellenistic Greeks, say Alexander the Great conquered "the world" when in actuality he just stopped in India? Did the Greek really believe there was nothing beyond there?
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How much did the Berlin wall actually reduce the numbers of east Germaners defecting to the west? How do 1950s numbers compare to 1960s numbers?
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I read a time travel story once that had a bit in it set in 1250BC Olmec country. When the Olmec fight the time travelers they use Weapons with obsidian blades and clubs with shark teeth embedded them. is that at all consistent with known mesoamerican weaponry?
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why did steam powered road vehicles never become as common internal combustion powered road vehicles?
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In 19th century England would a skilled craftsmen (IE a carpenter, a sculptor, a stone mason, etc) be regarded as higher class than someone who does unskilled labour in a factory?
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Why didn't they just keep Bobby Sands and other Provisional IRA prisoners isolated from each other and outside contact so they couldn't arrange group protests?
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