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How long did it take to make a 16th century arrow?
While researching 16th century arrow making, I read an article on the length of time to produce a complete arrow. My computer crashed before I secured the article, so if anyone can help it would be ...
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Did Peter the Great promote rights for women? If so, how?
I read somewhere that Peter the Great wanted that women participated more actively in the society. But I can not find a reliable source to confirm this, nor why or how he did this.
I think this is ...
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What was the range of people's social lives like, before the technology for long distance communications developed?
We know a lot about some famous people from letters they have written and received. It seems that a lot more communication with people who were important in their lives was written instead of face-to-...
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