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I am a medieval lord who has just accepted the king's invitation to accompany him on a boar hunt. What happens now? What would a 'typical' wild boar hunt have been like?

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Why was the city of Cahokia abandoned?

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How did Tenochtitlan get enough food to feed itself?

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Historians of Muslim Spain: what caused the 1066 A.D. anti-Semitic riots in Granada?

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Why were Sappho's poems lost? And do we have any knowledge of their subject matter, style, or

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Were horses first domesticated as beasts of burden, or for meat and milk?

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Did Muhammad's conflicts with the Jewish tribes of Arabia really happen? If so, why did they fight each other?

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Did Servilia really participate in the plot to kill Julius Caesar like in HBO's Rome?

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Why did Cato the Elder oppose Greek culture and ideas? And how successful was his campaign against them?

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Have there been any sculptures of Muhammad? Or other Islamic sculptures? Why or why not?

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I am a medieval lord who has just accepted the king's invitation to accompany him on a boar hunt. What happens now? What would a 'typical' wild boar hunt have been like?	219
Why was the city of Cahokia abandoned?	70
How did Tenochtitlan get enough food to feed itself?	48
Historians of Muslim Spain: what caused the 1066 A.D. anti-Semitic riots in Granada?	36
Why were Sappho's poems lost? And do we have any knowledge of their subject matter, style, or	32
Were horses first domesticated as beasts of burden, or for meat and milk?	24
Did Muhammad's conflicts with the Jewish tribes of Arabia really happen? If so, why did they fight each other?	20
Did Servilia really participate in the plot to kill Julius Caesar like in HBO's Rome?	19
Why did Cato the Elder oppose Greek culture and ideas? And how successful was his campaign against them?	10
Have there been any sculptures of Muhammad? Or other Islamic sculptures? Why or why not?	7