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Why did people in early 18th century Europe believe that had to be a another continent in the pacific between America and Asia?
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What was it like to be a homosexual in late Saxon England (1000 to 1066)? Was it possible to have a same sex relationship in anything other than total secrecy?
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100 years ago would most British historians of been of the opinion that the Normans were more ..."culturally sophisticated" than the Saxons?
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if a barbarian tribe allied them selves with the Romans, did that at all usually mean that they aspired to be like them culturally?
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How He did duels become established as a convention if laws against murderd are older than easily fired hand guns?
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What sort of things were the earliest commercially available computers used for? What could they do that made up for tens (hundreds, adjusted) of thousands of dollars companies had to pay to get them?
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you know how modern farmers typically have to get up early to do chores. What sort of hours did European medieval peasants keep?
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My grandfather did NationalService in a lab where RAF instruments were tested. He left in 1954, an officer told him he could get in trouble if he talked about all the stuff he’d seen. I find it hard to believe someone so low level could have seen anything sensitive. Was that just a standard warning?
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suppose I dropped you in constantinople in 659 and then in 1167, what differences would you expect to see?
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