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In Deuteronomy, there is a passage stating to put tassels on the corners of your bedsheets. What is the cultural reason behind such a silly instruction?

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When Genghis Khan won his wife back from the Temekid's, she was pregnant with likely not his child. What would be culturally expected of average nomad in this situation?

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How much did the Romans learn about fighting elephants from the war with Pyrrhus? Did that knowledge help them in the Punic wars?

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In Deuteronomy, there is a passage stating to put tassels on the corners of your bedsheets. What is the cultural reason behind such a silly instruction?	209
When Genghis Khan won his wife back from the Temekid's, she was pregnant with likely not his child. What would be culturally expected of average nomad in this situation?	125
How much did the Romans learn about fighting elephants from the war with Pyrrhus? Did that knowledge help them in the Punic wars?	5