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did the Trojans speak a Pan-Indo-European language?

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In 12 years a slave there's a bit where one of the Over-seers calls Northup a "black bastard". Would people in the antebellum south have ever used "black" in place of the N-word or "coloured"?

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why did people in Northern Europe tend towards longbows instead of composite bows?

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Did what pre-existing skills you had effect what job you'd be given upon joining the Roman army?

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How many people lived in Rome when it was sacked by the Vandals in AD455?

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When I was little I had a toy bow that fired suction cup arrows (Or at least it would have if I'd known how to fire). Did toys like that exist after the Middle Ages and before archery became popular as a modern sport? Would a child in 1660s London know what a bow is?

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I'n the AD 20s and the Early AD 30s the Romans conducted multiple political purges to (supposedly) defend Emperor Tiberius's authority. Did these purges effect the entire empire or just those living in the capital, Rome, It's self?

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in the 470s (when the western Roman empire fell) what (if anything) did the Roman Senate do? did it still have any political power left?

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Imagine an Egyptian city in 1395 BC, imagine the same Egyptian city in 1116 BC (IE after meny bad harvests and the sea people invasions). what differences would you expect?

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Why did Julius Caesar want to be the dictator of Rome?

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did the Trojans speak a Pan-Indo-European language?	3	AskHistorians
In 12 years a slave there's a bit where one of the Over-seers calls Northup a "black bastard". Would people in the antebellum south have ever used "black" in place of the N-word or "coloured"?	3	AskHistorians
why did people in Northern Europe tend towards longbows instead of composite bows?	3	AskHistorians
Did what pre-existing skills you had effect what job you'd be given upon joining the Roman army?	3	AskHistorians
How many people lived in Rome when it was sacked by the Vandals in AD455?	3	AskHistorians
When I was little I had a toy bow that fired suction cup arrows (Or at least it would have if I'd known how to fire). Did toys like that exist after the Middle Ages and before archery became popular as a modern sport? Would a child in 1660s London know what a bow is?	3	AskHistorians
I'n the AD 20s and the Early AD 30s the Romans conducted multiple political purges to (supposedly) defend Emperor Tiberius's authority. Did these purges effect the entire empire or just those living in the capital, Rome, It's self?	3	AskHistorians
in the 470s (when the western Roman empire fell) what (if anything) did the Roman Senate do? did it still have any political power left?	3	AskHistorians
Imagine an Egyptian city in 1395 BC, imagine the same Egyptian city in 1116 BC (IE after meny bad harvests and the sea people invasions). what differences would you expect?	3	AskHistorians
Why did Julius Caesar want to be the dictator of Rome?	3	AskHistorians