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I am a fugitive who has, in your era of expertise, killed a man with witnesses seeing the event, but have successfully fled to a city 100 miles away. Am I captured?

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How was Roman street food served and eaten given that disposable materials were much less available?

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Jesus, the crucifixion, and the sponge with sour wine.

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How widespread is the idea of 'vegetable' as a culinary category? Is it specifically a European idea? For example, would, say, the Maya or Aztecs have considered beans, potatoes, and maize to all be culinarily similar? [Re-Post]

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How widespread is the idea of 'vegetable' as a culinary category? Is it specifically a European idea? For example, would, say, the Maya or Aztecs have considered beans, potatoes, and maize to all be culinarily similar?

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Why did some European regions, such as the German States and the Italian States, remain split up or in changing hands, while others such as France have a fairly-stable border?

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How is Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis evaluated by modern historians?

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How did the diet of the average Roman change as the Empire grew and absorbed more culture and territory? What about the Roman elite?

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The prominence of slavery in pre-Modern China.

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What economic conditions in the Roman empire allowed slavery to proliferate and prosper?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I am a fugitive who has, in your era of expertise, killed a man with witnesses seeing the event, but have successfully fled to a city 100 miles away. Am I captured?	938
How was Roman street food served and eaten given that disposable materials were much less available?	393
Jesus, the crucifixion, and the sponge with sour wine.	116
How widespread is the idea of 'vegetable' as a culinary category? Is it specifically a European idea? For example, would, say, the Maya or Aztecs have considered beans, potatoes, and maize to all be culinarily similar? [Re-Post]	81
How widespread is the idea of 'vegetable' as a culinary category? Is it specifically a European idea? For example, would, say, the Maya or Aztecs have considered beans, potatoes, and maize to all be culinarily similar?	27
Why did some European regions, such as the German States and the Italian States, remain split up or in changing hands, while others such as France have a fairly-stable border?	16
How is Frederick Jackson Turner's Frontier Thesis evaluated by modern historians?	8
How did the diet of the average Roman change as the Empire grew and absorbed more culture and territory? What about the Roman elite?	8
The prominence of slavery in pre-Modern China.	7
What economic conditions in the Roman empire allowed slavery to proliferate and prosper?	6