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Suppose you had to find the Huns (or the people who would become them) in 93BCE. Where do you think would be the best place to look?

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why did bows and arrows full out of common war use, long before really accurate guns came in?

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When I was about five I remember coming up with Zeno's Paradox (the one about things taking forever to touch) on my own. I wasn't super clever; I just believe it's a fairly obvious idea. Are there any (ancient) instances of people arriving at the idea before him, or provably independently of him?

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Suppose I'm a 25 year old man living in a workhouse in 1866. What's my life expectancy if I don't get out?

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suppose you are a young US army lieutenant stationed in Japan in 1947. what is your daily life likely? how much interaction do you have normal japanese people? how socially acceptable is for to go out with Japanese women?

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Suppose you went to Japan in 1838 and asked a peasant rice farmer, if they felt exploited. What do you think they'd likely say?

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Imagine you're in Kyoto in 1829. What can you buy that was made and/or grown outside Japan? What (if anything) western (by way of the Dutch) can you buy?

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"I know I have the body of a weak, feeble woman" did Elizabeth really think she was physically "weak" & "feeble", or was she self consciously playing to the troops' misogyny, when she said that?

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it's 1844, you are a japanese peasant farmer who has just discovered a bear on or near your land. what do you do about it?

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Why did Babbage need a grant from the government to get his Difference engine project off the ground? People have made Difference engines out of meccano, why was so expensive 180 years ago?

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Suppose you had to find the Huns (or the people who would become them) in 93BCE. Where do you think would be the best place to look?	1	AskHistorians
why did bows and arrows full out of common war use, long before really accurate guns came in?	1	AskHistorians
When I was about five I remember coming up with Zeno's Paradox (the one about things taking forever to touch) on my own. I wasn't super clever; I just believe it's a fairly obvious idea. Are there any (ancient) instances of people arriving at the idea before him, or provably independently of him?	1	AskHistorians
Suppose I'm a 25 year old man living in a workhouse in 1866. What's my life expectancy if I don't get out?	1	AskHistorians
suppose you are a young US army lieutenant stationed in Japan in 1947. what is your daily life likely? how much interaction do you have normal japanese people? how socially acceptable is for to go out with Japanese women?	1	AskHistorians
Suppose you went to Japan in 1838 and asked a peasant rice farmer, if they felt exploited. What do you think they'd likely say?	1	AskHistorians
Imagine you're in Kyoto in 1829. What can you buy that was made and/or grown outside Japan? What (if anything) western (by way of the Dutch) can you buy?	1	AskHistorians
"I know I have the body of a weak, feeble woman" did Elizabeth really think she was physically "weak" & "feeble", or was she self consciously playing to the troops' misogyny, when she said that?	1	AskHistorians
it's 1844, you are a japanese peasant farmer who has just discovered a bear on or near your land. what do you do about it?	1	AskHistorians
Why did Babbage need a grant from the government to get his Difference engine project off the ground? People have made Difference engines out of meccano, why was so expensive 180 years ago?	1	AskHistorians