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What did Pliny the Elder mean when he said silphium causes snakes to burst?

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how popular was socialism in Sub Saharan Africa? How many countries of the region had centrally planned economies?

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How much cultural exchange was there between the Greeks of Massalia and the neighboring Gauls?

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When were the first literary works written in Latin? By literally works I mean longer texts in a book format as opposed to inscriptions on buildings or monuments. Did any original manuscripts survive from the time of the Republic and Principate?

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How much power did mercantile classes hold in Athens during the Classical Period?

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Did Emperor Meiji have actual power?

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How expensive was the Versailles? I have seen wildly divergent estimates of how expensive it was to build. Can it's price be known with any reasonable degree of certainity? What about the price of upkeep?

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Did any significant number of Chinese people migrate to Japan from the time of Han until Meiji restoration

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Was late Roman army better than the army of the Principate?

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How instrumental was the French Revolution in The rise of the nationalism?

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What did Pliny the Elder mean when he said silphium causes snakes to burst?	3
how popular was socialism in Sub Saharan Africa? How many countries of the region had centrally planned economies?	2
How much cultural exchange was there between the Greeks of Massalia and the neighboring Gauls?	2
When were the first literary works written in Latin? By literally works I mean longer texts in a book format as opposed to inscriptions on buildings or monuments. Did any original manuscripts survive from the time of the Republic and Principate?	2
How much power did mercantile classes hold in Athens during the Classical Period?	2
Did Emperor Meiji have actual power?	2
How expensive was the Versailles? I have seen wildly divergent estimates of how expensive it was to build. Can it's price be known with any reasonable degree of certainity? What about the price of upkeep?	2
Did any significant number of Chinese people migrate to Japan from the time of Han until Meiji restoration	2
Was late Roman army better than the army of the Principate?	1
How instrumental was the French Revolution in The rise of the nationalism?	1