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Iron is a natural element whereas Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin -- why is it that weapons were first made in Bronze and then improved to Iron?
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Why are the polar icecaps mostly freshwater? Is freezing saltwater a possible or practical way of desalination?
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In the Bronze and Iron Ages, would a normal person consider the Pantheons of other tribes to be the same as their own (with different names) or physically different? E.g. would a Roman consider Jupiter and Zeus(pater) the same deity? Would a Teuton consider Tiwaz the same as Zeus and Jupiter?
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In movies/tv/books, the Viking invasions of England portray there being a distinct difference between the local Anglo-Saxons and the invading Danes -- but the Danes came from much the same region as the Anglos/Saxons/Frisians/Jutes. Did contemporaries living in England see Danes as so different?
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Are the Greek mythologies generally one body of work, or a collection of the stories of different regions? E.g. would a kid from Athens be taught the founding myth of Thebes, or do we anachronistically group the stories together because they're all 'Greek'?
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In movies/tv/books, the Vikings/Danes are portrayed as being sharply different from the Anglo-Saxons they invaded -- but those Anglo-Saxons were descended from people who came from many of the same places (e.g. the Jutes came from Denmark). Is this demarcation factually truthful?
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