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at the time were many/any news sources thankful or congratulating towards Jack Ruby for killing the presidents killer?

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in 1491 the native americans of (what is now) New England got all their meat from hunting. Do we know if that meant they ate meat less often then Europeans (IE who kept livestock) who lived at the same time?

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because I've been regular internet user from about age 11, something I always wonder when I read The State of the Art is how would a writer in 1989 go about researching what major world events would have have been in the news 12 years before?

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600 years ago would the Indian tribes in New England have had meny/any specialist crafts men (IE carpers, Bowyer, etc) that didn't hunt or farm for a living? If "yes" how would they have been compensated for their work?

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There's a scene in Rome where a foreign King asks about shows where Roman women are raped by baboons, Cassius says its a punishment not a show. What (if anything real) the hell are they talking about?

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suppose I'm an archer (Sagittarii) in the Roman army circa AD 250. did I have to already know how to fire a bow before joining the army or did they train me? if the later is there any special reason I'd be singled out for such training?

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what was life like beyond Hadrian's wall in the 3rd century?

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A teacher once told me that before the Columbian exchange the turnip was the most popular root vegetable in Western Europe, land used for potatoes in 1800 was probably used for turnips in 1400. True?

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Was the amount of international trade coming through Constantinople significantly less after the sacking of 1204, compared to before?

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If in 1879 you asked a Chinese aristocrat what they thought of Japan’s Meiji Restoration would they have likely been disapproving?

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at the time were many/any news sources thankful or congratulating towards Jack Ruby for killing the presidents killer?	39	AskHistorians
in 1491 the native americans of (what is now) New England got all their meat from hunting. Do we know if that meant they ate meat less often then Europeans (IE who kept livestock) who lived at the same time?	39	AskHistorians
because I've been regular internet user from about age 11, something I always wonder when I read The State of the Art is how would a writer in 1989 go about researching what major world events would have have been in the news 12 years before?	39	TheCulture
600 years ago would the Indian tribes in New England have had meny/any specialist crafts men (IE carpers, Bowyer, etc) that didn't hunt or farm for a living? If "yes" how would they have been compensated for their work?	39	AskHistorians
There's a scene in Rome where a foreign King asks about shows where Roman women are raped by baboons, Cassius says its a punishment not a show. What (if anything real) the hell are they talking about?	39	AskHistorians
suppose I'm an archer (Sagittarii) in the Roman army circa AD 250. did I have to already know how to fire a bow before joining the army or did they train me? if the later is there any special reason I'd be singled out for such training?	38	AskHistorians
what was life like beyond Hadrian's wall in the 3rd century?	38	AskHistorians
A teacher once told me that before the Columbian exchange the turnip was the most popular root vegetable in Western Europe, land used for potatoes in 1800 was probably used for turnips in 1400. True?	38	AskHistorians
Was the amount of international trade coming through Constantinople significantly less after the sacking of 1204, compared to before?	38	AskHistorians
If in 1879 you asked a Chinese aristocrat what they thought of Japan’s Meiji Restoration would they have likely been disapproving?	38	AskHistorians