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Herodotus states that Xerxes' army could drink the rivers dry. This made me think: How clean was the average river in say Asia Minor during that period? Were waterborne illnesses common?

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Why didn’t people try to resettle the old cities of Assyria such as Nineveh?

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What was the daily life like of the average citizen in Rome during the Crisis of the Third Century? Did anything change?

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Why was Prussia split in two separated parts and how did they govern it?

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What was the Roman reaction to the fall of Achaemenid Persia?

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Is having three names (first, middle, and last) derived from the Roman nomens, or did it develop independently?

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With it being quite humid and horrible out currently in Ohio, it makes me wonder: What did people really do before air conditioning? How did they work?

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Why is there a Thebes, Greece, and a Thebes, Egypt? Why do they have the same name?

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Why are British naval craft named so differently than American naval craft which are seemingly named after states and random people?

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In the 1960s, UNESCO and a team of international experts moved the great temples at Abu Simbel. It was cut into pieces and moved onto higher ground. But how did they recreate the interior?

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Herodotus states that Xerxes' army could drink the rivers dry. This made me think: How clean was the average river in say Asia Minor during that period? Were waterborne illnesses common?	421
Why didn’t people try to resettle the old cities of Assyria such as Nineveh?	242
What was the daily life like of the average citizen in Rome during the Crisis of the Third Century? Did anything change?	28
Why was Prussia split in two separated parts and how did they govern it?	22
What was the Roman reaction to the fall of Achaemenid Persia?	18
Is having three names (first, middle, and last) derived from the Roman nomens, or did it develop independently?	16
With it being quite humid and horrible out currently in Ohio, it makes me wonder: What did people really do before air conditioning? How did they work?	15
Why is there a Thebes, Greece, and a Thebes, Egypt? Why do they have the same name?	14
Why are British naval craft named so differently than American naval craft which are seemingly named after states and random people?	13
In the 1960s, UNESCO and a team of international experts moved the great temples at Abu Simbel. It was cut into pieces and moved onto higher ground. But how did they recreate the interior?	12