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HBO Rome depicts Caesar's hostile reaction to the Egyptians mutilating Pompeii as sincere rather than politically affected for some reason. Do you think it’s plausible this was the case?

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did people (people in the US and UK) 90 years ago generally have more confidence in thier political leaders than we generally do today?

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in 1100 BC would the ancient Egyptians likely be aware of the existence of the British isles?

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if you weren't actually of senatorial rank would Caligula’s ....antics actually have any effect on your life?

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Suppose I live in the Jamestown in 1664 and I want to get to Plymouth. Would it be safe & feasible for me to just get on a horse and ride there over land?

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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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did mayan cities (circa 1300) have public marketplaces like old world cities did/do? if "yes" would you expect to see being sold there?

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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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in movies about the event life in Hiroshima before the bomb is usually depicted as relatively normal and comfortable. wasn't japan on the verge of famine by the summer of 1945? wouldn't there have already been people in Hiroshima suffering from malnourishment?

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a while back I was reading a Cracked article (I really can't remember what it was called) where somebody said that the Russians rally weren't interested in the Moon, the US just decided is was a race. Is there any truth to that?

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HBO Rome depicts Caesar's hostile reaction to the Egyptians mutilating Pompeii as sincere rather than politically affected for some reason. Do you think it’s plausible this was the case?	36	AskHistorians
did people (people in the US and UK) 90 years ago generally have more confidence in thier political leaders than we generally do today?	36	AskHistorians
in 1100 BC would the ancient Egyptians likely be aware of the existence of the British isles?	36	AskHistorians
if you weren't actually of senatorial rank would Caligula’s ....antics actually have any effect on your life?	36	AskHistorians
Suppose I live in the Jamestown in 1664 and I want to get to Plymouth. Would it be safe & feasible for me to just get on a horse and ride there over land?	36	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
did mayan cities (circa 1300) have public marketplaces like old world cities did/do? if "yes" would you expect to see being sold there?	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
in movies about the event life in Hiroshima before the bomb is usually depicted as relatively normal and comfortable. wasn't japan on the verge of famine by the summer of 1945? wouldn't there have already been people in Hiroshima suffering from malnourishment?	35	AskHistorians
a while back I was reading a Cracked article (I really can't remember what it was called) where somebody said that the Russians rally weren't interested in the Moon, the US just decided is was a race. Is there any truth to that?	35	AskHistorians