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Did people living through the Black Death think they were experiencing the apocalypse? What would your local Catholic Priest be saying to everyday people in church?	167
If a Roman Legionary at the peak of the Empires power was permanently disabled in battle, what would he do for the rest of his career? How were disabled veterans treated by their comrades as well as back home?	77
As a peasant levy in the 1340s during the Hundred Years’ War, how much training would I receive? Would my diet and lifestyle generally be better or worse? What would I be doing when not marching or fighting?	68
Is there any evidence of the idea of class consciousness existing before socialism as a concept was created?	65
Say I’m a Roman Legionary fighting the Germanic tribes in the early years of the empire and I’ve been seriously wounded. What would happen from there? Would I be forced to keep fighting or brought back to a camp? Was I treated as a brave hero, or shamed for allowing myself to be injured?	51
It seems like combat training for European nobles included dancing. Do we know what this would consist of? Was it literally dancing or was it more of a workout similar to an agility drill or plyometrics?	46
To what extent did locals in the Seleucid empire adopt Greek culture and tradition? Was the empires ruling class composed of locals or Macedonians/Greeks? Did a significant number of Greeks live in the empire?	44
In documentaries about the World Wars, they often show progress in the war with a line that moves towards the side losing territory. How well does this actually represent these wars? Were there soldiers all along that line on both sides fighting eachother?	29
At one point did electrician become a trade that normal people could learn? Was working with electricity when it first became integrated into infrastructure an extremely advanced and rare skill?	20
Is hitting children as a way of punishing them something that has been consistent across all cultures at all times? Are there sources from pre modern cultures that explicitly mention beating/not beating children?	13

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