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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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What was the largest city in the Americas 1000 years ago, before Tenochtitlan (the Aztec capital) was built?
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just looking at a picture of a Greek statue of Pan teaching Daphnis to play the pipes. Why is Pan depicted with much larger genitals than Daphnis? I thought Greek artists viewed small genitals as the ideal?
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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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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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in the 15th century the Guanches (the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands) believed in a polytheistic religion. Would the Castilian(later Spanish)Conquistadors have been aware that "Pagans" still existed in their time(rather than just in the classical past), before encountering the Guanches?
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I'm reading a historical novel set in 255, there's a bit in where a Roman soldier visits Palmyra and comes away saying he can't understand why someone hasn't sacked the city, given how rich and remote it is. The book doesn't explain this, could you?
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