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Herodotus claims Cyrus the Great used camels on an ad-hoc basis as a successful anti-cavalry force, where the smell of camels caused the Lydian horses to panic. Was this a one off incident, or were camels used tactically as an anti-cavalry unit?
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Persia seems to be a very mountainous region. Why were they conquered so many times by mounted nomads (Persians, Parthians, Mongols)?
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The Romans sent thousands of soldiers into West Africa, where they reached as far as the Senegal River, Niger River, and Lake Chad. Do any African groups have oral records of these Roman expeditions?
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What prevented the Ottomans from simply marching their armies to Venice by land in all their wars with the city?
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Did the ancestors of the Malagasy people make any side stops on their way from Asia, or did they sail straight to Madagascar?
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Why was Memnon, an Ethiopian King, involved in the Trojan war? And why is he identified as the father of Thor in the Prose Edda?
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