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in movies ancient near eastern and classical cities are always full street urchins. would such orphan children have not been taken into slavery in real life?
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if you were a Japanese farmer in 1928 how would how you did your job be likely be different compared to if you were a farmer in 1828?
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Who was the first doctor/anatomist to write that all land vertebrates had the same internal organs laid out in (more or less) the same configuration?
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would what they spoke in Japan in 1114 be as unintelligible to a modern Japanese person as English in 1114 would be to most modern day people from anywhere in the Anglosphere?
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when I ask questions about East Coast native Americans, I always say that I want to know about pre-Colombian times, but people always give me answers based on colonists' observations in 1600s. Is there any reason to think their way of life changed much in that 140 odd year gap?
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imagine rich Roman living Near London in AD299, imagine a tribal chief living in the sliver of modern day England that wasn't held by the Romans in AD299. in what ways would expect their daily lives to be similar? in what ways would expect their daily lives to be different?
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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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In Tim Burton's Ed Wood, Ed (the main character) goes into a bar and gets served despite being a transvestite. How plausible is that in 1959 America?
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Imagine the kitchen in a Roman villa in Rome in 67 BCE, imagine the kitchen in a Roman/byzantine villa in Constantinople in AD467, imagine the kitchen in a Roman/byzantine villa in Constantinople in AD 1167. How would the food (likely) be different at the three points in time and location?
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