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The city of Rome had a population of over one million people at its apex, but by the year 1000 CE it had fallen to less than 20,000. Are there any surviving accounts of persons living in Rome from that period and what they thought of the massive ruins around them?

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Why did Western style formal Wear displace traditional ceremonial clothing in most of the world?

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Of the Abrahamic religions, why did Christianity and Islam spread so far and wide while Judaism remained more localized?

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The city of Rome had a population of over one million people at its apex, but by the year 1000 CE it had fallen to less than 20,000. Are there any surviving accounts of persons living in Rome from that period and what they thought of the massive ruins around them?	6353
Why did Western style formal Wear displace traditional ceremonial clothing in most of the world?	8
Of the Abrahamic religions, why did Christianity and Islam spread so far and wide while Judaism remained more localized?	1