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How was Rome able to conscript and equip 400k soldiers during 2nd Punic War in a pre-industrial society?
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Alexandria by Islam Issa--Did Artistotle know Latin or Hebrew?
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What was so good about the 19th Century Osage police?
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Was there a stated reason for the evacuation of Israeli settlers from the Gaza strip?
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Why wasn't sauerkraut used to combat scurvy?
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Why were medium bombers so low in numbers in Allied air forces?
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What were some of the measures put up by the Austrian Empire to encourage Friulian identity?
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Did Gosplan use Sears Roebuck and similar catalogues to "fix prices"?
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Why were there more Muslims in East Bengal than in West Bengal
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When did the Jewish tradition of washing hands start?
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Who was the first person to get a more accurate measure of the earth's circumference than Eratosthenes?
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What were the Native Tribes of Western Kansas prior to the migrations of the Comanche and Kiowa? [closed]
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Why was Jean Chiappe given the job of High Commissioner of the Levant in 1940?
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Where is the primary source for the Byzantine Office of Barbarian Affairs?
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How does one "ride on the brake beam"?
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What would "close confinement" look like for a Saxon count being punished by Henry V of Germany in the early 1100s?
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Is this stone natural or is it an ancient tool? (pictures from both sides)
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Did provincial elections occur in 1934 in the provinces of Punjab and Bengal?
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Were religious people in the 13 colonies more likely to be loyalists?
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Were religious people in the 13 colonies more likely to be loyalists?
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Did the Romans import worship in response to plagues?
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Why did the Nazis guillotine criminals but mostly hang political enemies, and why were the White Rose group an exception?
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What historic examples are there of swords being used a primary weapon in history?
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What is this unusual German army jacket?
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Why didn't the promise of the imminent Green Revolution forestall German territorial ambitions just before World War 2? [closed]
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Why did Ottoman Sultans prioritize the title of Sultan over that of Caliph?
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Does this Russian Republican/Civil War era badge or emblem have any historical significance?
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What is the association of the 4 playing card suits and the Mamluks?
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What is this object?
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What's the background to the popularity of turquoise in Russian architecture?
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Were doctors who were drafted in the 1950/1960 years, compelled to take an officer's oath of allegiance?
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What was the value of a late 16th century Spanish Ducat?
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Was rapeseed oil used for cooking before the twentieth century?
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Did people write on loose leaf or directly in notebook in middle age?
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What script would Homer have used?
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What role did Congo play in the outbreak of WW1? [closed]
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What is the origin of the "No Symbol"?
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Did Allied bombers return from enemy airspace with undropped bombs?
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What major figures don't have contemporary historiographers? [closed]
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How much resemblance did the industrialization of the Soviet Union bear to those of the rest of the world?
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Why the imbalance of casualties in WW 1?
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What did whistling bombs actually sound like?
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Did Allied bombers return from enemy airspace with undropped bombs?
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Did Austria-Hungary have to cede land to Italy after occupying Serbia, and was it because of article 7?
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Why did people in the USSR participate in elections?
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