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What did people feed their domesticated animals prior to the invention of kibble?

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When I read a quote from Heraclitus or another classical philosopher and see a semicolon or other punctuation, were those subjectively inserted by translators or do they have equivalents in the original text?

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[French Revolution] When the Estates-General were convened, who were the Third Estate?

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During the Napoleonic Wars was it considered necessary to have a pretext for going to war or were countries just like, "Hmm it's been a couple years, I declare war!"

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To whom can I attribute the idea that the Spanish Civil War was a "dress rehearsal" for WWII?

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What books (websites?) describe the military maneuvers used during battles of the 18th-19th century?

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What did people feed their domesticated animals prior to the invention of kibble?	407
When I read a quote from Heraclitus or another classical philosopher and see a semicolon or other punctuation, were those subjectively inserted by translators or do they have equivalents in the original text?	24
[French Revolution] When the Estates-General were convened, who were the Third Estate?	8
During the Napoleonic Wars was it considered necessary to have a pretext for going to war or were countries just like, "Hmm it's been a couple years, I declare war!"	3
To whom can I attribute the idea that the Spanish Civil War was a "dress rehearsal" for WWII?	1
What books (websites?) describe the military maneuvers used during battles of the 18th-19th century?	0