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suppose in 1769 you asked a samurai (or at least some educated Japanese person) what he believed would happen to them "after death?". What would they most likely say?

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When did people start commonly viewing playing for it's own sake, as something that was good for children rather than a waste of time?

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In the early 1940s was superman well enough known yet that people who weren’t children or comicbook readers would have heard of him?

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I saw an interview with George RR Martin where he claimed that for most of the history of English story telling critics didn’t make distinction between "literature" & "popular fiction", and "speculative fiction" & "realistic fiction" in the sense that we think of those distinctions today. true?

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In 300BC where the San hunter gatherers still the only people living in the area of modern day South Africa?

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Were Jews ever prejudice against the ancient Egyptians because of the Moses story?

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suppose It's AD150 & I'm the captain of a ship taking grain from Carthage to Rome. what's my Method of navigation once I get out of site of land?

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1000 years ago if a commoner tried to kill the king of England would they just be executed in the normal fashion or would they be tortured in someway first?

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Would the forced opening of Japan have been considered an important event in the U.S. in the 1850s?

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I read a sci fi story once where some 17th century English sailors encounter aliens and teach them Latin so they can communicate with them, but still speak to each other privately. How common was the ability to speak Latin in 17th century England?

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suppose in 1769 you asked a samurai (or at least some educated Japanese person) what he believed would happen to them "after death?". What would they most likely say?	16	AskHistorians
When did people start commonly viewing playing for it's own sake, as something that was good for children rather than a waste of time?	16	AskHistorians
In the early 1940s was superman well enough known yet that people who weren’t children or comicbook readers would have heard of him?	16	AskHistorians
I saw an interview with George RR Martin where he claimed that for most of the history of English story telling critics didn’t make distinction between "literature" & "popular fiction", and "speculative fiction" & "realistic fiction" in the sense that we think of those distinctions today. true?	16	AskHistorians
In 300BC where the San hunter gatherers still the only people living in the area of modern day South Africa?	16	AskHistorians
Were Jews ever prejudice against the ancient Egyptians because of the Moses story?	16	AskHistorians
suppose It's AD150 & I'm the captain of a ship taking grain from Carthage to Rome. what's my Method of navigation once I get out of site of land?	16	AskHistorians
1000 years ago if a commoner tried to kill the king of England would they just be executed in the normal fashion or would they be tortured in someway first?	16	AskHistorians
Would the forced opening of Japan have been considered an important event in the U.S. in the 1850s?	16	AskHistorians
I read a sci fi story once where some 17th century English sailors encounter aliens and teach them Latin so they can communicate with them, but still speak to each other privately. How common was the ability to speak Latin in 17th century England?	16	AskHistorians