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Before the innovation of canned food and baked bread on ships, how did ocean-going vessels on longer voyages (exploration, trans-oceanic trade, or Naval Campaigns) manage to feed their crews to keep their health and strength up sufficiently for service?

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What did Byzantine cuisine consist of? Did they have any particular methods or tools for preparing food?

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Who were the Sabeans?

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Who was the first Ottoman Sultan to claim the title of Caliph, and how was he able to legitimize himself as such?

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What were the main causes of the collapse of the Seleucid? Was it internal pressures exploited? Or was it primarily an external threat? And to what extent were the Romans, Parthians and Ptolemys responsible for this?

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Why hadn't anyone discovered Antarctica before 1820? Why did nobody try and chart these waters?

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Andronikos and the rest of House Doukas, why did you betray Romanos and give all of Asia Minor to the Seljuks? What were you thinking!?

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If a non historian (like many of us here) wants to learn about an area of history, how would they best go about it? Not knowing the basics, we wouldn't even know what is and isn't worth reading.

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The Seaplane used to be particularly prominent, but is now a comparative rarity. What led to their decline?

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How did NATO and the USSR contend with the thick polar ice of the Arctic during naval patrols, and was there any development of specialised ships/alternative transportation to overcome this?

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Before the innovation of canned food and baked bread on ships, how did ocean-going vessels on longer voyages (exploration, trans-oceanic trade, or Naval Campaigns) manage to feed their crews to keep their health and strength up sufficiently for service?	43
What did Byzantine cuisine consist of? Did they have any particular methods or tools for preparing food?	41
Who were the Sabeans?	39
Who was the first Ottoman Sultan to claim the title of Caliph, and how was he able to legitimize himself as such?	39
What were the main causes of the collapse of the Seleucid? Was it internal pressures exploited? Or was it primarily an external threat? And to what extent were the Romans, Parthians and Ptolemys responsible for this?	39
Why hadn't anyone discovered Antarctica before 1820? Why did nobody try and chart these waters?	38
Andronikos and the rest of House Doukas, why did you betray Romanos and give all of Asia Minor to the Seljuks? What were you thinking!?	37
If a non historian (like many of us here) wants to learn about an area of history, how would they best go about it? Not knowing the basics, we wouldn't even know what is and isn't worth reading.	36
The Seaplane used to be particularly prominent, but is now a comparative rarity. What led to their decline?	34
How did NATO and the USSR contend with the thick polar ice of the Arctic during naval patrols, and was there any development of specialised ships/alternative transportation to overcome this?	33