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Mehmed II raised a large army to invade Southern Italy and push north towards Rome, landing and capturing Otranto, but died the next year and the entire invasion was called off by Sultan Bayezid II. Why did Bayezid cancel this massive invasion while it was already underway?

234 upvotes • quiaudetvincet

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Why were the armies of the Eastern Roman Empire in the 6th century so much smaller than the Roman armies fielded during the Roman civil wars? How did Belisarius retake the Italian Peninsula with 7,500 men?

234 upvotes • Number279

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Why did Toronto surpass Montreal as the biggest city in Canada?

234 upvotes • NamAndPTSD

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When Constantinople was finally conquered by the Ottomans in 1453, did Constantine XI and his soldiers consider that they were the end of a civilization that was 2,206 years old, and the magnitude that that carried? Or did they consider the Byzantine Empire to be separate from the Roman Empire?

234 upvotes • Redsoxjake14

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Did fashion change decade to decade in ancient times as it does in modern times?

234 upvotes • PhineusQButterfat

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In Napoleonic era how soon were whipped soldiers and sailors expected to return to duty? Was there any sort of regulation determining the recovery time?

234 upvotes • Ubergopher

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Why were WWII helmet designs so different by country and which design was the most effective?

234 upvotes • Speechy_Boi

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Everyone knows how to party like it's 1999. However, how would one party like it's 999?

234 upvotes • PumperDumper5000

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What was life like in the former Soviet Socialist Republics after the fall of the USSR? How did people survive in places like Kazakhstan when the supply lines collapsed? How did the transfer of governance proceed? What were those months like for ordinary citizens?

234 upvotes • mikey_com_au

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Did the ancient Greeks believe that their gods were only the gods of the Greeks or also of all humans?

234 upvotes • byzantine_meme

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Mehmed II raised a large army to invade Southern Italy and push north towards Rome, landing and capturing Otranto, but died the next year and the entire invasion was called off by Sultan Bayezid II. Why did Bayezid cancel this massive invasion while it was already underway?	234	quiaudetvincet
Why were the armies of the Eastern Roman Empire in the 6th century so much smaller than the Roman armies fielded during the Roman civil wars? How did Belisarius retake the Italian Peninsula with 7,500 men?	234	Number279
Why did Toronto surpass Montreal as the biggest city in Canada?	234	NamAndPTSD
When Constantinople was finally conquered by the Ottomans in 1453, did Constantine XI and his soldiers consider that they were the end of a civilization that was 2,206 years old, and the magnitude that that carried? Or did they consider the Byzantine Empire to be separate from the Roman Empire?	234	Redsoxjake14
Did fashion change decade to decade in ancient times as it does in modern times?	234	PhineusQButterfat
In Napoleonic era how soon were whipped soldiers and sailors expected to return to duty? Was there any sort of regulation determining the recovery time?	234	Ubergopher
Why were WWII helmet designs so different by country and which design was the most effective?	234	Speechy_Boi
Everyone knows how to party like it's 1999. However, how would one party like it's 999?	234	PumperDumper5000
What was life like in the former Soviet Socialist Republics after the fall of the USSR? How did people survive in places like Kazakhstan when the supply lines collapsed? How did the transfer of governance proceed? What were those months like for ordinary citizens?	234	mikey_com_au
Did the ancient Greeks believe that their gods were only the gods of the Greeks or also of all humans?	234	byzantine_meme