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How true is the idea that the Mayan and Easter Island civilizations declined due to deforesting their environment to build monuments?

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How wealthy was Julius Caesar when he was assassinated? How much of that wealth was left to Octavian?

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What was it about the Theodosian Walls made it so hard to take?

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Popular wisdom is that Isolationism prolonged the Great Depression and slowed recovery. How true is this?

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It is the Thirty Years War in Germany and an army has just bought/looted all the food in my farming village and the surrounding villages. Where do we go to find food to survive until harvest?

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In the Robin Hood legends, the Sheriff of Nottingham was taxing people into poverty. Could/Would the real Sheriff have done that?

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Linguistically and Culturally, could people from different cities in ancient Greece tell each other apart?

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Why is a century of a Roman legion 80men when century means 100?

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Myth How much of what we know about classical mythology is standardized and how much is simply one version of a story that's been passed down?

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Prior to modern dentistry, who had healthier teeth? The rich or the poor?

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How true is the idea that the Mayan and Easter Island civilizations declined due to deforesting their environment to build monuments?	42
How wealthy was Julius Caesar when he was assassinated? How much of that wealth was left to Octavian?	41
What was it about the Theodosian Walls made it so hard to take?	41
Popular wisdom is that Isolationism prolonged the Great Depression and slowed recovery. How true is this?	41
It is the Thirty Years War in Germany and an army has just bought/looted all the food in my farming village and the surrounding villages. Where do we go to find food to survive until harvest?	41
In the Robin Hood legends, the Sheriff of Nottingham was taxing people into poverty. Could/Would the real Sheriff have done that?	39
Linguistically and Culturally, could people from different cities in ancient Greece tell each other apart?	38
Why is a century of a Roman legion 80men when century means 100?	37
Myth How much of what we know about classical mythology is standardized and how much is simply one version of a story that's been passed down?	37
Prior to modern dentistry, who had healthier teeth? The rich or the poor?	36