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What was Hitlers reaction on Albert Einstein getting his American citizenship 1940?

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How long did it take to actually gather all the dead from a really big battle with a really big number of dead? (500 B.C to 1400 A.D)

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It's 100 A.D and I'm a roman farmer. One day I travel by road and stumble on a dead body that have been murdered and robbed. What do I do hereafter by law or just common sense at that time?

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In the Ancient times, how did they know what time it was, and if they had a meeting, like the senate in Rome, how did they know what time it was and was it normal that people was late because they had different views on time?

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When a Roman Emperor died and they had to "print" new faces on coins, did the old coins become pointless or did people get to exchange them for new ones?

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Pyrrhus of Epirus said "If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined." because the Romans could reinforce their army and Pyrrus couldn't. Why could he not reinforce his army?

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[Folklore] Where did the folklore about Ragnar Lothbrók begin and what's the earliest sources of him?

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When a army successfully stormed a city under a siege, how did battle work inside the city? Did they fight in formations or did they just run around and chaotically killing everyone they saw, like in the movies?

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Did soldiers really stick their swords into the ground when they had to use both hands to do something, like they do in the movies, or is it just another "movie" thing? [Any period of time when humans usedw swords]

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Are there any ancient records of sleepwalking? And what did people think about it? (500 B.C - 1400 C.E)

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What was Hitlers reaction on Albert Einstein getting his American citizenship 1940?	2488
How long did it take to actually gather all the dead from a really big battle with a really big number of dead? (500 B.C to 1400 A.D)	546
It's 100 A.D and I'm a roman farmer. One day I travel by road and stumble on a dead body that have been murdered and robbed. What do I do hereafter by law or just common sense at that time?	234
In the Ancient times, how did they know what time it was, and if they had a meeting, like the senate in Rome, how did they know what time it was and was it normal that people was late because they had different views on time?	199
When a Roman Emperor died and they had to "print" new faces on coins, did the old coins become pointless or did people get to exchange them for new ones?	153
Pyrrhus of Epirus said "If we are victorious in one more battle with the Romans, we shall be utterly ruined." because the Romans could reinforce their army and Pyrrus couldn't. Why could he not reinforce his army?	140
[Folklore] Where did the folklore about Ragnar Lothbrók begin and what's the earliest sources of him?	59
When a army successfully stormed a city under a siege, how did battle work inside the city? Did they fight in formations or did they just run around and chaotically killing everyone they saw, like in the movies?	53
Did soldiers really stick their swords into the ground when they had to use both hands to do something, like they do in the movies, or is it just another "movie" thing? [Any period of time when humans usedw swords]	36
Are there any ancient records of sleepwalking? And what did people think about it? (500 B.C - 1400 C.E)	34