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Were there any classical music sleeper hits that went unappreciated when released but became popular in the modern era?

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Why was the Roman gladius superior to the similar-looking greek short swords that came before it?

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Why did Imperial Japan need to seek resources in Southeast Asia during WWII if they already had huge swaths of Manchuria to extract from?

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How and why did slavery end in the European territories of the Roman Empire?

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Many of the most popular English-language books from the 17th-19th centuries were translations from other languages into English. Did this change in the 20th century? Do we have any idea why that might be? Did English speakers simply up their game and flood the market?

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We hear about Greece's many contributions to science, philosophy, and culture. But how much of that came from modern Greece, and how much of it from the Greek diaspora in Southern Italy, Egypt, the Black Aea, etc, where the Greeks were melding with other cultures?

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How Did Tribal People Curse/Swear, Or Express Outrage & Anger?

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The ancient Greeks and Romans used reservoirs to hold water for irrigation purposes, but apparently not for drinking water. What advances lead to reservoir water being potable?

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To what extent did "free trade" exist between the classical Mediterranean civilizations — Greeks, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Persians, Romans, and the many others that existed before Rome subsumed everything and created free trade on "Mare Nostrum"?

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How did representative democracy gradually infiltrate the European world and eventually gain preeminence?

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Were there any classical music sleeper hits that went unappreciated when released but became popular in the modern era?	2
Why was the Roman gladius superior to the similar-looking greek short swords that came before it?	2
Why did Imperial Japan need to seek resources in Southeast Asia during WWII if they already had huge swaths of Manchuria to extract from?	2
How and why did slavery end in the European territories of the Roman Empire?	2
Many of the most popular English-language books from the 17th-19th centuries were translations from other languages into English. Did this change in the 20th century? Do we have any idea why that might be? Did English speakers simply up their game and flood the market?	2
We hear about Greece's many contributions to science, philosophy, and culture. But how much of that came from modern Greece, and how much of it from the Greek diaspora in Southern Italy, Egypt, the Black Aea, etc, where the Greeks were melding with other cultures?	2
How Did Tribal People Curse/Swear, Or Express Outrage & Anger?	2
The ancient Greeks and Romans used reservoirs to hold water for irrigation purposes, but apparently not for drinking water. What advances lead to reservoir water being potable?	2
To what extent did "free trade" exist between the classical Mediterranean civilizations — Greeks, Phoenicians, Egyptians, Persians, Romans, and the many others that existed before Rome subsumed everything and created free trade on "Mare Nostrum"?	2
How did representative democracy gradually infiltrate the European world and eventually gain preeminence?	2