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Curses Of The Ancient World	8
Xenophon, speaking through the mouthpiece of Cyrus the Great, tells us how superior cavalry is to heavy infantry. Was this an unusual perspective for a Greek general to take, given that the Greeks used heavy infantry as the mainstay of their armies?	8
Tell me a tale about Roman military supply logistics	8
The Great Depression shuttered thousands of US businesses. Did any do well, or even become more profitable during this period?	8
Andrew Jackson targeted the 2nd Bank Of The United States during his presidential campaign and won - did most people really care about the nation's central banking system?	8
The Continental Army is portrayed as fighting a guerilla war against the British, but Washington trained his troops for European-style set-piece battles. Did the army manage to switch between both combat styles? Did it ever excel at either style?	8
Socrates had two wives (according to Aristotle) — Xanthippe and Myrto. Didn't this fly in the face of the Greek emphasis on monogamy? How unusual would having two wives have been in Greece at this time? Would many men have had more than one, or was Socrates flouting convention?	8
Did any cold climate crops from South America manage to get established in northern North America? If so, how did they leapfrog tropical central America?	8
As the Turks gradually ousted the Romans from Asia Minor, and then swept through the Balkans and Greece, did the conquered cities remain full of people who identified as Romans, or did they come to think of themselves as Turks?	8
Were there any viable, militarily-experienced men of Patrician rank left for Marcus Aurelius to tap as his successor if he wanted to sideline Commodus completely or constrain his worst impulses with a powerful co-emperor?	8

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