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Did the Romans believe cities or quarters of cities with access to sewers and/or aqueducts had lower incidences of disease? If so, what did they attribute this to? And how did baths play in?

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How did the Choctaw so quickly build one of, "the richest and most desirable countries in the world for agricultural pursuits," after the trail of tears, and what happened to it?

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Only the Byzantine Empire and the Teutonic Order maintained standing armies during the European medieval era. But did Kings maintain standing "regiments," as the basis of larger levy-based armies?

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Why was Diderot's Encyclopedia banned in France?

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Byzantium employed "thematic," fleets in the middle ages. Were these fishermen who were occasionally warriors/sailors/marines, just as the thematic armies were part-time farmers, part-time warriors?

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The American Revolutionary War had a positive short-medium term outcome. But it seems like most historical political/economics revolutions were incredibly destructive and net negatives for those involved. Is this a fair conclusion?

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The number of extended families living together in the US and Britain doubled between 1750 to 1900 to roughly 90%. Why did this happen? Was the preceding period of more nuclear families living separately from extended families the historical norm?

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How many Germans and French Nazi collaborators made it to Argentina after WWII? What sort of effect did they have on the country? How well did they integrate into the local population?

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Cicero writes dialogue for Cato the younger, making him seem very articulate in his philosophical explanations. Should we believe that he actually sounded like this, or has Cicero glammed him up to be a convenient mouthpiece?

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Medieval Western & Northern Europe's population exploded but produced little excess wealth. Southern and Eastern Europe's population grew slower, but produced a lot of cash that bought those excess Europeans as mercenaries and tempted them as conquerors. Why the disparity?

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Did the Romans believe cities or quarters of cities with access to sewers and/or aqueducts had lower incidences of disease? If so, what did they attribute this to? And how did baths play in?	4	AskHistorians
How did the Choctaw so quickly build one of, "the richest and most desirable countries in the world for agricultural pursuits," after the trail of tears, and what happened to it?	4	AskHistorians
Only the Byzantine Empire and the Teutonic Order maintained standing armies during the European medieval era. But did Kings maintain standing "regiments," as the basis of larger levy-based armies?	4	AskHistorians
Why was Diderot's Encyclopedia banned in France?	4	AskHistorians
Byzantium employed "thematic," fleets in the middle ages. Were these fishermen who were occasionally warriors/sailors/marines, just as the thematic armies were part-time farmers, part-time warriors?	4	AskHistorians
The American Revolutionary War had a positive short-medium term outcome. But it seems like most historical political/economics revolutions were incredibly destructive and net negatives for those involved. Is this a fair conclusion?	4	AskHistorians
The number of extended families living together in the US and Britain doubled between 1750 to 1900 to roughly 90%. Why did this happen? Was the preceding period of more nuclear families living separately from extended families the historical norm?	3	AskHistorians
How many Germans and French Nazi collaborators made it to Argentina after WWII? What sort of effect did they have on the country? How well did they integrate into the local population?	3	AskHistorians
Cicero writes dialogue for Cato the younger, making him seem very articulate in his philosophical explanations. Should we believe that he actually sounded like this, or has Cicero glammed him up to be a convenient mouthpiece?	3	AskHistorians
Medieval Western & Northern Europe's population exploded but produced little excess wealth. Southern and Eastern Europe's population grew slower, but produced a lot of cash that bought those excess Europeans as mercenaries and tempted them as conquerors. Why the disparity?	3	AskHistorians