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Was Pre-Modern Banditry a Community Effort?

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Is North Africa Significantly Less Fertile than Antiquity?

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There is as much time between the Roman Empire and the Egyptian Old Kingdom as there is between us and the Roman Empire. Did the Romans look at Egypt with reverence and fascination in the same way we do with Rome?

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Why is there so little that we know about the Classical World, especially outside of Greece and Rome?

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Was the Ottoman Empire the successor to the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire?

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I have often heard that the origin of saying "bless you" when someone sneezes is that it is an originally medieval encouragement to excise demons from your body. How true is this? What did medieval medical authorities believe sneezes were?

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Despite being at least partially inspired by the Roman system, America opted for far longer term lengths for presidents (4 years) than Roman consuls (1 year). Why is this the case?

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How did the Carlist movement sustain itself for so long after they lost the Carlist Wars in Spain?

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When did the classical-era ethnic groups of Anatolia (Lydians, Phrygians) become the Greeks of Byzantine Anatolia?

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What exactly do we know about the end of the Middle Bronze Age?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was Pre-Modern Banditry a Community Effort?	189
Is North Africa Significantly Less Fertile than Antiquity?	105
There is as much time between the Roman Empire and the Egyptian Old Kingdom as there is between us and the Roman Empire. Did the Romans look at Egypt with reverence and fascination in the same way we do with Rome?	45
Why is there so little that we know about the Classical World, especially outside of Greece and Rome?	17
Was the Ottoman Empire the successor to the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire?	13
I have often heard that the origin of saying "bless you" when someone sneezes is that it is an originally medieval encouragement to excise demons from your body. How true is this? What did medieval medical authorities believe sneezes were?	11
Despite being at least partially inspired by the Roman system, America opted for far longer term lengths for presidents (4 years) than Roman consuls (1 year). Why is this the case?	7
How did the Carlist movement sustain itself for so long after they lost the Carlist Wars in Spain?	7
When did the classical-era ethnic groups of Anatolia (Lydians, Phrygians) become the Greeks of Byzantine Anatolia?	6
What exactly do we know about the end of the Middle Bronze Age?	1