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Spices were an expensive luxury food that Europeans put great effort to trade for. Were there foods grown in Europe that were considered expensive delicacies elsewhere?

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If Greek was almost as widespread as Latin during the Roman empire, why are there so few Greek-derived languages compared to Romance languages?

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How common was it for muskets to be used for self-defense? If not, what weapons were used instead?

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How would classical music composers react to modern orchestral music (such as music by John Williams)?

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According to miasma theory, disease spread through bad air. Did people who believed this realize that some diseases spread through physical contact, and if yes, how did they explain it?

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Have there been any serious political movements in the USA that wanted to abolish the constitution and return to the Articles of Confederation?

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Spices were an expensive luxury food that Europeans put great effort to trade for. Were there foods grown in Europe that were considered expensive delicacies elsewhere?	465
If Greek was almost as widespread as Latin during the Roman empire, why are there so few Greek-derived languages compared to Romance languages?	57
How common was it for muskets to be used for self-defense? If not, what weapons were used instead?	4
How would classical music composers react to modern orchestral music (such as music by John Williams)?	4
According to miasma theory, disease spread through bad air. Did people who believed this realize that some diseases spread through physical contact, and if yes, how did they explain it?	2
Have there been any serious political movements in the USA that wanted to abolish the constitution and return to the Articles of Confederation?	2