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Before the battle of Marathon, why did Athens send a runner to Sparta, 225 km away, without a horse, if time was of the essence?

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One of primary objectives in Aztec warfare (and way to rise in society) was capturing enemies, rather than killing. How did their combat tactics, equipment and tools differ to achieve it?

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Portugal and Castile were marches of Leon. Both Brandenburg and Austria started as marches, northern and eastern respectively. Some of the greatest states trace their roots to 'border regions' eventually outgrowing their overlords. What causes this?

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How many people in ancient Mesopotamia could read and write in cuneiform script? What was the literacy rate?

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Hypothetically my plane got shot down over enemy territory during WW2, but my parachute saved me. Considering I'm one of the lucky ones who didn't get captured, what would I do? Are there any stories of pilots making their way back from enemy territory either in Europe or the Pacific?

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What are the Ottoman records of the siege of Vienna and the largest cavalry charge in history?

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When people were "sent to Siberia/gulag", where exactly in Siberia did they get sent to?

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Were secret passages behind a bookshelf, triggered by pulling out a specific book a real thing?

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Scipio is told to have salted Carthage's soil. Have there been other, but documented instances of purposeful depopulating a region?

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Pyrrhus lost the war despite winning majority of battles. As such since then, which war by criteria of casualty ratio and won battles ratio is the most Pyrrhic? Am I right suspecting the War on Terror in Afghanistan could the most Pyrrhic of all?

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Before the battle of Marathon, why did Athens send a runner to Sparta, 225 km away, without a horse, if time was of the essence?	207	AskHistorians
One of primary objectives in Aztec warfare (and way to rise in society) was capturing enemies, rather than killing. How did their combat tactics, equipment and tools differ to achieve it?	153	AskHistorians
Portugal and Castile were marches of Leon. Both Brandenburg and Austria started as marches, northern and eastern respectively. Some of the greatest states trace their roots to 'border regions' eventually outgrowing their overlords. What causes this?	45	AskHistorians
How many people in ancient Mesopotamia could read and write in cuneiform script? What was the literacy rate?	12	AskHistorians
Hypothetically my plane got shot down over enemy territory during WW2, but my parachute saved me. Considering I'm one of the lucky ones who didn't get captured, what would I do? Are there any stories of pilots making their way back from enemy territory either in Europe or the Pacific?	8	AskHistorians
What are the Ottoman records of the siege of Vienna and the largest cavalry charge in history?	4	AskHistorians
When people were "sent to Siberia/gulag", where exactly in Siberia did they get sent to?	3	AskHistorians
Were secret passages behind a bookshelf, triggered by pulling out a specific book a real thing?	3	AskHistorians
Scipio is told to have salted Carthage's soil. Have there been other, but documented instances of purposeful depopulating a region?	2	AskHistorians
Pyrrhus lost the war despite winning majority of battles. As such since then, which war by criteria of casualty ratio and won battles ratio is the most Pyrrhic? Am I right suspecting the War on Terror in Afghanistan could the most Pyrrhic of all?	1	AskHistorians