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Why did the Romans completely destroy Corinth in 146BC?

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How much taller would 1400AD English peasant be compared to 100AD Roman small farmer?

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How was a high/late Medieval army organised?

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What have the Romans ever done for us? The aqueducts? And the roads. Roman development of Judea.

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A lot of weapons and techniques were based around using farming or manufacturing equipments as weapons. Just how effective were these against trained aristocrats or other professionals?

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Other than "feudalism", what social/political relationships existed in in Middle Ages Europe?

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During WWI and WWII could German submarines actually have stopped enough supplies from reaching the British Isles to defeat Britain?

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Sulla is often depicted in fiction as a villain. Was his purges worse than what came before or after?

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What was the PLA like during the Korean War? How was it able to fight the UN Coalition to a standstill in a conventional war?

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What were the effects of the decline of the Silk Road on states around Persia and nomadic tribal confederacies in the area.

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Why did the Romans completely destroy Corinth in 146BC?	26
How much taller would 1400AD English peasant be compared to 100AD Roman small farmer?	26
How was a high/late Medieval army organised?	26
What have the Romans ever done for us? The aqueducts? And the roads. Roman development of Judea.	26
A lot of weapons and techniques were based around using farming or manufacturing equipments as weapons. Just how effective were these against trained aristocrats or other professionals?	24
Other than "feudalism", what social/political relationships existed in in Middle Ages Europe?	24
During WWI and WWII could German submarines actually have stopped enough supplies from reaching the British Isles to defeat Britain?	23
Sulla is often depicted in fiction as a villain. Was his purges worse than what came before or after?	23
What was the PLA like during the Korean War? How was it able to fight the UN Coalition to a standstill in a conventional war?	21
What were the effects of the decline of the Silk Road on states around Persia and nomadic tribal confederacies in the area.	21