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In Europe 1000 years ago were magical creatures viewed as accepted fact, or would they be more analogous to something like UFOs or ghosts in modern times?

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why is japan so much more wealthy and westernized than most other large far eastern countries?

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Suppose you’re a (working class) Jewish man living in the city of Rome in AD454 (IE after the empire went Christian). Will you face much/any anti-Semitism in your daily life? if “Yes” what form will it take?

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imagine a farmstead in England in 1702, imagine a farmstead in New England in 1702. what differences would you expect to see?

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250 years ago what proportion of What is now Russia, was actually inhabited by people who spoke Russian as their first language?

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Suppose you went to an inhabitant of Tenochtitlan in 1414 and asked them who the Mayans were and what they were like. What do you think they'd say?

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Did the declining wealth and political power of the Byzantine Empire actually have any effect on the lives of the Emperors? Would a Byzantine emperor in circa 1390 be any poorer or have live any more frugally than a Byzantine emperor in circa 1120?

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Many ancient societies flourished for centuries well having a commun like social set up, yet most modern commune fail in a few years. Why does a setup that works in 2000BC Britain fail 1974 California?

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Did the Romans understand what inflation was?

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before europeans arrived in the area did people on madagascar trade with mainland africa? if "yes" what would the ships they used have looked like?

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In Europe 1000 years ago were magical creatures viewed as accepted fact, or would they be more analogous to something like UFOs or ghosts in modern times?	41	AskHistorians
why is japan so much more wealthy and westernized than most other large far eastern countries?	41	AskHistorians
Suppose you’re a (working class) Jewish man living in the city of Rome in AD454 (IE after the empire went Christian). Will you face much/any anti-Semitism in your daily life? if “Yes” what form will it take?	41	AskHistorians
imagine a farmstead in England in 1702, imagine a farmstead in New England in 1702. what differences would you expect to see?	41	AskHistorians
250 years ago what proportion of What is now Russia, was actually inhabited by people who spoke Russian as their first language?	41	AskHistorians
Suppose you went to an inhabitant of Tenochtitlan in 1414 and asked them who the Mayans were and what they were like. What do you think they'd say?	40	AskHistorians
Did the declining wealth and political power of the Byzantine Empire actually have any effect on the lives of the Emperors? Would a Byzantine emperor in circa 1390 be any poorer or have live any more frugally than a Byzantine emperor in circa 1120?	40	AskHistorians
Many ancient societies flourished for centuries well having a commun like social set up, yet most modern commune fail in a few years. Why does a setup that works in 2000BC Britain fail 1974 California?	40	AskHistorians
Did the Romans understand what inflation was?	40	AskHistorians
before europeans arrived in the area did people on madagascar trade with mainland africa? if "yes" what would the ships they used have looked like?	40	AskHistorians