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Why did Napoleon keep his large foes mostly intact?

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Were the hanging gardens of Babylon actually the hanging gardens of Nineveh?

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What was the reason that Abrahamic religions got to become so successful and displace many other traditions & religions?

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Why and when did the use of millet as human food decline in the Middle East and Europe?

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Why was Makedon able to conquer the entirety of the Achaemenid Empire at all?

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How/when did the Medjed (Oxyrhynchus) fish of the Nile go extinct?

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How did Vienna become Catholic again after having become a Protestant city in the 16th century?

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Why was Nabunaid (Nabonidus) trying to replace Marduk with Sîn as the principal deity of his realm?

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How did contemporaries react to the Mongol sack of Baghdad?

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Why were there so many needless wars in Europe during 17th and 18th century? How did religious authorities react to it?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why did Napoleon keep his large foes mostly intact?	277
Were the hanging gardens of Babylon actually the hanging gardens of Nineveh?	102
What was the reason that Abrahamic religions got to become so successful and displace many other traditions & religions?	96
Why and when did the use of millet as human food decline in the Middle East and Europe?	27
Why was Makedon able to conquer the entirety of the Achaemenid Empire at all?	21
How/when did the Medjed (Oxyrhynchus) fish of the Nile go extinct?	19
How did Vienna become Catholic again after having become a Protestant city in the 16th century?	17
Why was Nabunaid (Nabonidus) trying to replace Marduk with Sîn as the principal deity of his realm?	16
How did contemporaries react to the Mongol sack of Baghdad?	15
Why were there so many needless wars in Europe during 17th and 18th century? How did religious authorities react to it?	8