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excluding Russia why didn’t any east Asian powers try to claim land in the new world in the 16th or 17th centuries?

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suppose you're a Muslim living in India or Sri lanka in AD1116, how likely are you to actually manage to make the Pilgrimage to Mecca at some point in your life?

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I just watched The Founder & it made me wonder when it became the case that most fast food joints in the US were part of big chains rather than mom & pop setups?

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suppose you're a woman in AD 1000 and you're giving birth. is your best chance of avoiding complications (for both mother and child) in calling or not calling a Midwife? how much (if at all) does depend where on Earth you live?

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How unusual would it have been for a member of the English aristocracy to marry someone from the working class in the late 19th century?

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600 years ago did any of the agricultural Native North Americans think people in the Pacific Northwest were primitive for being hunter-gatherers? At that time did many/any North American tribes have a concept of "primitivism"?

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what did the Bantu in KwaZulu-Natal (the north-east coast of south africa) grow before they got corn from Europeans?

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suppose I visit Rome (the city itself) in 266. What (if any) would I see to indicate that empire was in political and military dire straits?

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when did the roman army take on the highly organised form it's famous/infamous for?

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The dust generated by the Tunguska event caused bright nights all over the world. Was there much scientific debate about what caused this phenomenon in the 18 years before the Russians investigated the site in 1927? How long did it take people to connect the two after?

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excluding Russia why didn’t any east Asian powers try to claim land in the new world in the 16th or 17th centuries?	27	AskHistorians
suppose you're a Muslim living in India or Sri lanka in AD1116, how likely are you to actually manage to make the Pilgrimage to Mecca at some point in your life?	27	AskHistorians
I just watched The Founder & it made me wonder when it became the case that most fast food joints in the US were part of big chains rather than mom & pop setups?	27	AskHistorians
suppose you're a woman in AD 1000 and you're giving birth. is your best chance of avoiding complications (for both mother and child) in calling or not calling a Midwife? how much (if at all) does depend where on Earth you live?	27	AskHistorians
How unusual would it have been for a member of the English aristocracy to marry someone from the working class in the late 19th century?	27	AskHistorians
600 years ago did any of the agricultural Native North Americans think people in the Pacific Northwest were primitive for being hunter-gatherers? At that time did many/any North American tribes have a concept of "primitivism"?	26	AskHistorians
what did the Bantu in KwaZulu-Natal (the north-east coast of south africa) grow before they got corn from Europeans?	26	AskHistorians
suppose I visit Rome (the city itself) in 266. What (if any) would I see to indicate that empire was in political and military dire straits?	26	AskHistorians
when did the roman army take on the highly organised form it's famous/infamous for?	26	AskHistorians
The dust generated by the Tunguska event caused bright nights all over the world. Was there much scientific debate about what caused this phenomenon in the 18 years before the Russians investigated the site in 1927? How long did it take people to connect the two after?	26	AskHistorians