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Does anybody know how reliable our accounts of the Battle of Salsu are?

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The original Hippocratic Oath contains a clause banning the doctor from conducting an abortion. What do we know about ancient societies' laws regarding abortion and infanticide?

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In English, why don't we capitalize words like "to" and "for" in titles?

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What factors contributed to whether or not an ancient author's works survived to the modern day? Why do we have, for example, a great deal more of Aristotle than we do Posidonius?

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I just saw the movie Django. Just how bad were slaves treated in the South? Does the movie exaggerate?

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When did technology start to develop at a rapid rate, as in the rate that allowed us to get to the moon?

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Does anybody know how reliable our accounts of the Battle of Salsu are?	3
The original Hippocratic Oath contains a clause banning the doctor from conducting an abortion. What do we know about ancient societies' laws regarding abortion and infanticide?	3
In English, why don't we capitalize words like "to" and "for" in titles?	3
What factors contributed to whether or not an ancient author's works survived to the modern day? Why do we have, for example, a great deal more of Aristotle than we do Posidonius?	2
I just saw the movie Django. Just how bad were slaves treated in the South? Does the movie exaggerate?	1
When did technology start to develop at a rapid rate, as in the rate that allowed us to get to the moon?	1