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

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How does an ethnic group appear? Did one ever disappear? If yes, why? If no, why not?

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In the high and late middle ages, can a noble decree his bastard son to inherit his estate and title over the objections of his relatives?

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Charlemagne's roasted and boiled meat.

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Why was the Antonine Wall abandoned in favour of the Hadrian's Wall?

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What's the first successful area-wide (city, county, province) quarantine for epidemics?

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In Shakespeare, Hamlet the Danish Crown Prince attended university in Wittenberg, Germany. Would that have been typical of a Renaissance Crown Prince?

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As a military commander, how good really was Alexander the Great?

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What's the difference between an Arquebus and a Musket?

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How/Why did the available military levy of Lakedaemonia (Sparta's region) fall to below 4000 hoplites by 370s BC?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Prior to modern dentistry, who had healthier teeth? The rich or the poor?	36
How does an ethnic group appear? Did one ever disappear? If yes, why? If no, why not?	35
In the high and late middle ages, can a noble decree his bastard son to inherit his estate and title over the objections of his relatives?	34
Charlemagne's roasted and boiled meat.	33
Why was the Antonine Wall abandoned in favour of the Hadrian's Wall?	30
What's the first successful area-wide (city, county, province) quarantine for epidemics?	30
In Shakespeare, Hamlet the Danish Crown Prince attended university in Wittenberg, Germany. Would that have been typical of a Renaissance Crown Prince?	29
As a military commander, how good really was Alexander the Great?	29
What's the difference between an Arquebus and a Musket?	28
How/Why did the available military levy of Lakedaemonia (Sparta's region) fall to below 4000 hoplites by 370s BC?	27