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Since the enlightenment coffee shops have been associated casual philosophizing(at least in Britain & N America). Is there a particular reason the middle class of the 18th century opted to congregate and discuss things well drinking non-alcoholic beverages(unlike wine drinking classical thinkers)?

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suppose You're a jew in Edirne (the capital of the Ottoman empire) in 1397. Suppose you do some obscene graffiti, involving a caricature of Muhammad, in a busy part of the city. What (if anything) will happen to you if the community figures out the graffiti was your handiwork?

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I'm 24 and my dad in a police officer. Suppose that were the case & I lived in 1928 Pittsburgh. Would that make it easier or harder for me to get (safe) Vodka, Rum or Gin?

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did the Mayans have a form of currency in pre-Colombian times?

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As I understand it Companies & corporations didn't exist during the time of imperial Rome. Does that mean all the ships transporting commodities around the Mediterranean were directly owned by the imperial government?

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suppose Rome (circa AD150 to AD350) is cut off from the North African Grain supply Because provinces there are revolting against the capital. Would the frequent games & festivals still go on in the city, even if the people who live there are facing famine?

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Is it accurate to think of the descends of the people who were moved during the Trail of Tears as a diaspora?

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I'm given to understand around a million people lived in Rome 1720 years. How many people lived in Ctesiphon, the capital of the Sasanian Empire, at the same point in history?

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Why were the civilizations in central & south America still using stone weapons in 1492?

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when did scientists first propose that all vertebrates started out as fish?

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Since the enlightenment coffee shops have been associated casual philosophizing(at least in Britain & N America). Is there a particular reason the middle class of the 18th century opted to congregate and discuss things well drinking non-alcoholic beverages(unlike wine drinking classical thinkers)?	1	AskHistorians
suppose You're a jew in Edirne (the capital of the Ottoman empire) in 1397. Suppose you do some obscene graffiti, involving a caricature of Muhammad, in a busy part of the city. What (if anything) will happen to you if the community figures out the graffiti was your handiwork?	1	AskHistorians
I'm 24 and my dad in a police officer. Suppose that were the case & I lived in 1928 Pittsburgh. Would that make it easier or harder for me to get (safe) Vodka, Rum or Gin?	1	AskHistorians
did the Mayans have a form of currency in pre-Colombian times?	1	AskHistorians
As I understand it Companies & corporations didn't exist during the time of imperial Rome. Does that mean all the ships transporting commodities around the Mediterranean were directly owned by the imperial government?	1	AskHistorians
suppose Rome (circa AD150 to AD350) is cut off from the North African Grain supply Because provinces there are revolting against the capital. Would the frequent games & festivals still go on in the city, even if the people who live there are facing famine?	1	AskHistorians
Is it accurate to think of the descends of the people who were moved during the Trail of Tears as a diaspora?	1	AskHistorians
I'm given to understand around a million people lived in Rome 1720 years. How many people lived in Ctesiphon, the capital of the Sasanian Empire, at the same point in history?	1	AskHistorians
Why were the civilizations in central & south America still using stone weapons in 1492?	1	AskHistorians
when did scientists first propose that all vertebrates started out as fish?	1	AskHistorians