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I don't see much discussion of evil in Western civilization before Christianity - just things considered bad, or Ill luck, or dispreferred. Did the ancients have a concept of evil?

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Did phalanx-based armies "devolve" after Alexander the Great's death before the Romans showed their system of warfare to be superior?

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The Soviets famously lionized math and science. Did this lead to more talent and accomplishment in science and engineering?

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More than half the days of the year were holidays in poor, rural mining communities circa 1600, according to Lewis Mumford. Is this accurate?

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Was there a decline in free markets/dynamic capitalism between antiquity and the medieval period?

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Was Malthus correct in his disparaging remarks made about foreign cultures when attempting to shoehorn them into his Malthusian Trap dynamic?

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Were the previous Dali Lamas who actually ruled in Tibet more temporally focused, political, and "machiavellian," during their reigns, or similar to the pope-like figure concerned with spirituality and the human condition which we've come to associate with the post?

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I've read that Plutarch's Lives and the Bible were the two most widely read books in America between 1750 and 1900. How did Plutarch influence the character of the Americans who read his moral histories and essays?

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"First, do no harm" - Doctor's swear this part of the Hippocratic oath regarding patients. But is there a trend of them taking it to heart in a broader sense? Did ancient or modern doctors try to avoid killing in wars or for self defense, or were they as open to it as those in other professions?

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Following the independence of the United States, most of the new country's trade remained with Britain, with French trade being a fairly small slice of overall trade. Why wasn't there a greater volume of French trade?

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I don't see much discussion of evil in Western civilization before Christianity - just things considered bad, or Ill luck, or dispreferred. Did the ancients have a concept of evil?	4	AskHistorians
Did phalanx-based armies "devolve" after Alexander the Great's death before the Romans showed their system of warfare to be superior?	4	AskHistorians
The Soviets famously lionized math and science. Did this lead to more talent and accomplishment in science and engineering?	4	AskHistorians
More than half the days of the year were holidays in poor, rural mining communities circa 1600, according to Lewis Mumford. Is this accurate?	4	AskHistorians
Was there a decline in free markets/dynamic capitalism between antiquity and the medieval period?	4	AskHistorians
Was Malthus correct in his disparaging remarks made about foreign cultures when attempting to shoehorn them into his Malthusian Trap dynamic?	4	AskHistorians
Were the previous Dali Lamas who actually ruled in Tibet more temporally focused, political, and "machiavellian," during their reigns, or similar to the pope-like figure concerned with spirituality and the human condition which we've come to associate with the post?	4	AskHistorians
I've read that Plutarch's Lives and the Bible were the two most widely read books in America between 1750 and 1900. How did Plutarch influence the character of the Americans who read his moral histories and essays?	4	AskHistorians
"First, do no harm" - Doctor's swear this part of the Hippocratic oath regarding patients. But is there a trend of them taking it to heart in a broader sense? Did ancient or modern doctors try to avoid killing in wars or for self defense, or were they as open to it as those in other professions?	4	AskHistorians
Following the independence of the United States, most of the new country's trade remained with Britain, with French trade being a fairly small slice of overall trade. Why wasn't there a greater volume of French trade?	4	AskHistorians