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   legaleagle48 said, 3 months ago

   Guess who didn’t read the chapter?
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   Nabuquduriuzhur said, 3 months ago

   Byzantium at his age? Must be a Catholic school.
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   margueritem said, 3 months ago

   Calvin The Clueless.
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   gimmickgenius said, 3 months ago

   Justinian? Theodora? Belisarius? … any of these names ring a bell???
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   Linux0s said, 3 months ago

   It’s Final Jeopardy for Calvin.
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   Jackmister said, 3 months ago

   Brocoli!!!!
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   larryh77 said, 3 months ago

   Yeah right. Six years old and they’re being asked a question like that? How ridiculous!
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   bluskies said, 3 months ago

   @Nabuquduriuzhur

   No, not taught in the first few grades. Habemus Papa.
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   Arye Uygur said, 3 months ago

   I know high school graduates who never heard of the Roman Empire, let alone the Byzantine Empire.
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    ratlum said, 3 months ago

    I missed that chapter or whatever too.On to outer planets.
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    LX013 said, 3 months ago

    @bluskies

    Yes, Franziskus from Argentinia!
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    Sportymonk said, 3 months ago

    Agree with comments about how many 6th graders know this? Heck, how many adults could answer the question?
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    Ryan (probably the older Ryan) said, 3 months ago

    “Instanbul was Constantinople…” – The Four Lads
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    SUSAN NEWMAN said, 3 months ago

    THIS is first grade????
    Sure has changed since I was in school!!!!
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    orinoco womble said, 3 months ago

    @Gweedo Murray

    I don’t know…by age 6 I was reading at a 6th grade level myself and was allowed access to the “adult stacks” by age 10. I could spell, too.
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