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was it socially acceptable for white English colonial officers to marry native women and bring them back to Britain?

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would the food Babylonians and Assyrians (circa 1300BC) ate have been heavily spiced like modern near eastern cuisine tends to be?

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Can you think of a monarch who had real power when they under 21 and actually used it pretty well?

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Most of the HMS Belfast is a Museum. (at least) Three rooms are used for the gift shop, cafe, ticket booth and a work shop. What were those rooms originally used for that they weren't seen as worth preserving in period condition?

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300 years ago would the Japanese and the koreans (at least the educated ones) have been aware that the Chinese regarded them as uncivilized compared to themselves?

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imagine a small (less than 250 people) settlement in Japan (southern Honshu, if that's too broad) in 1717. imagine a small settlement in China (Hebei, if that's too broad) in 1717. how would the common diets of the the people in the two communities, likely be different from each other?

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When did most people in England stop self-identifying as catholic?

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When Marx was writing in the 19th century was he aware that what he would call "primitive communist societies" (IE hunter gatherers) still existed in remote parts of the world?

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Did Pliny the Elder pay for his exploratory voyages out of his pocket?

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what were the primary fears about the future of mankind in the western world in 1900?

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was it socially acceptable for white English colonial officers to marry native women and bring them back to Britain?	19	AskHistorians
would the food Babylonians and Assyrians (circa 1300BC) ate have been heavily spiced like modern near eastern cuisine tends to be?	19	AskHistorians
Can you think of a monarch who had real power when they under 21 and actually used it pretty well?	19	AskHistorians
Most of the HMS Belfast is a Museum. (at least) Three rooms are used for the gift shop, cafe, ticket booth and a work shop. What were those rooms originally used for that they weren't seen as worth preserving in period condition?	19	AskHistorians
300 years ago would the Japanese and the koreans (at least the educated ones) have been aware that the Chinese regarded them as uncivilized compared to themselves?	19	AskHistorians
imagine a small (less than 250 people) settlement in Japan (southern Honshu, if that's too broad) in 1717. imagine a small settlement in China (Hebei, if that's too broad) in 1717. how would the common diets of the the people in the two communities, likely be different from each other?	19	AskHistorians
When did most people in England stop self-identifying as catholic?	19	AskHistorians
When Marx was writing in the 19th century was he aware that what he would call "primitive communist societies" (IE hunter gatherers) still existed in remote parts of the world?	19	AskHistorians
Did Pliny the Elder pay for his exploratory voyages out of his pocket?	19	AskHistorians
what were the primary fears about the future of mankind in the western world in 1900?	19	AskHistorians