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what was the largest city in the Americas in 1114?

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Were/are Norse paganism and Greek paganism related religions?

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A while back Someone on an alt-history forum told me there is a fringe theory about Odin having been a real person who lived some thousands of years ago. Is that a real theory? If "yes" how plausible is it?

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Suppose you're a typical Saxon Lord in AD999. How much of your time is taken up by leisure activities (drinking, hunting, eating, ect), and how much of your time is taken up with actually administrating and/or defending your lands?

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In 1974 what proportion of the USSR's population had actually read Marx?

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Is there a particular, non Arbitrary, reason that 600 years ago the Aztecs and the Mayen didn't have the bow, but the people in New England (the people John Rolf and pilgrims met) did?

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As I understand it Columbus was trying to create new trade routes to Asia since the fall of the Byzantine Empire closed off the over land ones. How & when did Eroupe eventually solve that problem?

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Suppose you visited Thebes (Egypt) in 1395BC, mid way through the New Kingdom period. Suppose you visited Thebes in 1103BC, during the decline after Sea People invasions. What differences (if any) would you expect to see?

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Imagine a young German soldier on the Russian front in 1942, imagine a German soldier (of similar age & rank) working as a guard in an interment camp in Germany or one of pacified parts of Europe. How much and in what ways, do the two men’s living conditions likely differ?

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What was the point of hiring a defence lawyer in classical Greece or Rome? What could a defence Lawyer do in a world before physical evidence?

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what was the largest city in the Americas in 1114?	37	AskHistorians
Were/are Norse paganism and Greek paganism related religions?	37	AskHistorians
A while back Someone on an alt-history forum told me there is a fringe theory about Odin having been a real person who lived some thousands of years ago. Is that a real theory? If "yes" how plausible is it?	37	AskHistorians
Suppose you're a typical Saxon Lord in AD999. How much of your time is taken up by leisure activities (drinking, hunting, eating, ect), and how much of your time is taken up with actually administrating and/or defending your lands?	37	AskHistorians
In 1974 what proportion of the USSR's population had actually read Marx?	37	AskHistorians
Is there a particular, non Arbitrary, reason that 600 years ago the Aztecs and the Mayen didn't have the bow, but the people in New England (the people John Rolf and pilgrims met) did?	37	AskHistorians
As I understand it Columbus was trying to create new trade routes to Asia since the fall of the Byzantine Empire closed off the over land ones. How & when did Eroupe eventually solve that problem?	37	AskHistorians
Suppose you visited Thebes (Egypt) in 1395BC, mid way through the New Kingdom period. Suppose you visited Thebes in 1103BC, during the decline after Sea People invasions. What differences (if any) would you expect to see?	37	AskHistorians
Imagine a young German soldier on the Russian front in 1942, imagine a German soldier (of similar age & rank) working as a guard in an interment camp in Germany or one of pacified parts of Europe. How much and in what ways, do the two men’s living conditions likely differ?	36	AskHistorians
What was the point of hiring a defence lawyer in classical Greece or Rome? What could a defence Lawyer do in a world before physical evidence?	36	AskHistorians