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did the East–West Schism cause many/any Catholics to leave the byzantine empire out of religiously motivated fear?
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how did early pagan Saxon kings (like Penda of Mercia) treat christian missionaries within their realms?
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Suppose you're an English captain out at sea in 1693, and you accidentally drop your Spyglass into the North sea. How much will having a new one made cost? How would the what you'd get compare to that of a modern day pair of binoculars in terms of price and quality?
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did bakeries (as in shops that excursively sold bread and other beaked goods) exist in ancient Greece?
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why did we stop making nuclear bombs more powerful in the Early 1960s? was it a matter of politics or technical limitations?
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Imagine Beijing/Peking in 1717, imagine Kyoto in 1717. Asuming you weren't looking at a landmark you already know, could you easily tell them apart from architecture alone?
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suppose you live in Northern Alaska circa AD 1000. how often do you completely change your clothes? post-infanthood is there any time in your life it'll be safe for you to be completely nude (I'm counting a sleeping bag as clothes)?
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