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When and where did the practice of frying food first develop?

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The Ancient Persians ruled over diverse empires - did their cities reflect this? At Ctesiphon or Susa, would one have seen Greeks, Egyptians, and Indians intermingling?

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Where did the Christian concept of knighthood originate? And did non-European cultures have their own equivalent?

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In the film 1917, two Sikh soldiers are shown as part of an otherwise all-English unit. Would Indian and English soldiers on the Western Front have fought together in integrated units, or would they have been separate?

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When did Greeks stop calling themselves "Romans?"

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In films set in Medieval times, we often see commanders giving rousing speeches to their entire armies before battle. How common, or even feasible, was this practice truly?

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In what ways were pre-Viking Scandinavians (6th, 7th, 8th centuries) culturally distinct from their 9th century descendants? In the areas of language, religion, economics, military tactics, technology, social structure, etc.

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The Achaemenid Persians ruled a diverse empire. Would their cities have reflected this? If you went to Susa or Babylon, could you see Greeks, Egyptians, and Indians intermingling?

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What were the dominant languages in modern-day Iraq prior to the Muslim conquest? And, how much of Iraq's Arabization was due to population replacement vs. assimilation?

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When and where did the practice of frying food first develop?	140
The Ancient Persians ruled over diverse empires - did their cities reflect this? At Ctesiphon or Susa, would one have seen Greeks, Egyptians, and Indians intermingling?	121
Where did the Christian concept of knighthood originate? And did non-European cultures have their own equivalent?	16
In the film 1917, two Sikh soldiers are shown as part of an otherwise all-English unit. Would Indian and English soldiers on the Western Front have fought together in integrated units, or would they have been separate?	8
When did Greeks stop calling themselves "Romans?"	7
In films set in Medieval times, we often see commanders giving rousing speeches to their entire armies before battle. How common, or even feasible, was this practice truly?	6
In what ways were pre-Viking Scandinavians (6th, 7th, 8th centuries) culturally distinct from their 9th century descendants? In the areas of language, religion, economics, military tactics, technology, social structure, etc.	4
The Achaemenid Persians ruled a diverse empire. Would their cities have reflected this? If you went to Susa or Babylon, could you see Greeks, Egyptians, and Indians intermingling?	3
What were the dominant languages in modern-day Iraq prior to the Muslim conquest? And, how much of Iraq's Arabization was due to population replacement vs. assimilation?	1