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What even was the German plan to defeat America?

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In 400 AD Rome hosted a population of well over a million people, 200 years later the population of the city was counted in low tens of thousands. So, was there just a gigantic empty ghost town located in the center of Italy? What happened to all that infrastructure?

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How socially accepted was casual sex in the ancient Greco-Roman world?

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How big of a role did Austria-Hungary actually play in World War 1?

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Was Austria-Hungary doomed even before World War 1?

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Why is the treaty of Versailles singled out as unusually harsh for the Germans when Austrian, Hungarian and Turkish peace treaties were significantly more punishing ?

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Why was the art and culture of the 90s so edgy?

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If I asked an average person in the 15th century Ming China who they identify as, would they identify as a Chinese person living in China, or would they rather consider themselves a member of a local ethnic group living under some local lord, without any connection to China as a whole?

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Where does the violent culture of soccer fans come from? How come seemingly no other sport has the same problem of violence amongst its fans?

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What caused this major shift from mercenaries being incredibly common in the early modern period, to them almost completely disappearing by the late 19th century?

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What even was the German plan to defeat America?	4537	AskHistorians
In 400 AD Rome hosted a population of well over a million people, 200 years later the population of the city was counted in low tens of thousands. So, was there just a gigantic empty ghost town located in the center of Italy? What happened to all that infrastructure?	3133	AskHistorians
How socially accepted was casual sex in the ancient Greco-Roman world?	485	AskHistorians
How big of a role did Austria-Hungary actually play in World War 1?	230	AskHistorians
Was Austria-Hungary doomed even before World War 1?	103	AskHistorians
Why is the treaty of Versailles singled out as unusually harsh for the Germans when Austrian, Hungarian and Turkish peace treaties were significantly more punishing ?	100	AskHistorians
Why was the art and culture of the 90s so edgy?	92	AskHistorians
If I asked an average person in the 15th century Ming China who they identify as, would they identify as a Chinese person living in China, or would they rather consider themselves a member of a local ethnic group living under some local lord, without any connection to China as a whole?	89	AskHistorians
Where does the violent culture of soccer fans come from? How come seemingly no other sport has the same problem of violence amongst its fans?	69	AskHistorians
What caused this major shift from mercenaries being incredibly common in the early modern period, to them almost completely disappearing by the late 19th century?	33	AskHistorians