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When trade routes broke down in Western Europe as the Western Roman Empire fell apart, was there a decline in the spread of disease epidemics through the area?

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I want to take a walled city. How big of a problem is the ditch in front of the wall?

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Raped and murdered women in Pakistan are often blamed for being too independent or leaving home without male guardians. Was this blame-the-victim approach to crimes against women once common in western countries? NSFW

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Why was Pope Gregory X unable to rally Europeans to assist the ailing Crusading States? Had there been some sort of shift that made further crusades less appealing?

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A 3,500 year-old tree-fetching expedition seems to be the subject of reliefs at Karnack and Deir el-Bahri. What were the ancient Egyptians up to, and why did they feel the need to memorialize tree planting?

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Cod liver oil appears in many 19th century accounts as a cure-all forced down the throats of sick children. How did this trend start, and did it work?

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Did the foreign-imposed Panama Canal turn out to be a net benefit for Panama?

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In, "The Art of Not Being Governed," historian James C. Scott suggests the mountainous upland regions of Asia are peopled by refugees fleeing forced integration into powerful states, and continuously resisted state formation, taxes, laws, and forced labor, and "progress." Is this correct?

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The Villa of the Papyri in Pompei had an Epicurean-themed library. Why do historians think it also contained a far larger general library?

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Why did so much wealth accumulate in the Mediterranean's Renaissance trade hubs like Florence, Genoa, Venice, etc, when it apparently did not, to the same degree, in Classical trade hubs like Athens, Alexandria, Rome, etc?

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When trade routes broke down in Western Europe as the Western Roman Empire fell apart, was there a decline in the spread of disease epidemics through the area?	11	AskHistorians
I want to take a walled city. How big of a problem is the ditch in front of the wall?	11	AskHistorians
Raped and murdered women in Pakistan are often blamed for being too independent or leaving home without male guardians. Was this blame-the-victim approach to crimes against women once common in western countries? NSFW	11	AskHistorians
Why was Pope Gregory X unable to rally Europeans to assist the ailing Crusading States? Had there been some sort of shift that made further crusades less appealing?	11	AskHistorians
A 3,500 year-old tree-fetching expedition seems to be the subject of reliefs at Karnack and Deir el-Bahri. What were the ancient Egyptians up to, and why did they feel the need to memorialize tree planting?	11	AskHistorians
Cod liver oil appears in many 19th century accounts as a cure-all forced down the throats of sick children. How did this trend start, and did it work?	11	AskHistorians
Did the foreign-imposed Panama Canal turn out to be a net benefit for Panama?	11	AskHistorians
In, "The Art of Not Being Governed," historian James C. Scott suggests the mountainous upland regions of Asia are peopled by refugees fleeing forced integration into powerful states, and continuously resisted state formation, taxes, laws, and forced labor, and "progress." Is this correct?	11	AskHistorians
The Villa of the Papyri in Pompei had an Epicurean-themed library. Why do historians think it also contained a far larger general library?	11	AskHistorians
Why did so much wealth accumulate in the Mediterranean's Renaissance trade hubs like Florence, Genoa, Venice, etc, when it apparently did not, to the same degree, in Classical trade hubs like Athens, Alexandria, Rome, etc?	11	AskHistorians