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Having a discussion with my 15 year old on the historicity of Troy, and ended up discussing the Sea Peoples. Kid is now facinated with the idea of an invading group with no known starting point. What do we know about their possible origins? Is there any new research being done?

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I am a financially comfortable miller in a new Massachusetts settlement in the 1650s. How likely is it that I owned slaves? How likely is it that those slaves are local indigenous people vs. people imported from the Caribbean?

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What were local officials supposed to do with the Health Permit Marker on a casket shipped home after WW2?

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Having a discussion with my 15 year old on the historicity of Troy, and ended up discussing the Sea Peoples. Kid is now facinated with the idea of an invading group with no known starting point. What do we know about their possible origins? Is there any new research being done?	2195
I am a financially comfortable miller in a new Massachusetts settlement in the 1650s. How likely is it that I owned slaves? How likely is it that those slaves are local indigenous people vs. people imported from the Caribbean?	8
What were local officials supposed to do with the Health Permit Marker on a casket shipped home after WW2?	1