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Before basic running water, water pumps etc, how did villages keep insects from spawning in their well water?

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During the Battle of Thermopylae was there any other way Xerxes could have marched his army?

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During the Third Punic War, did Scipio Aemilianus actually salt the earth that Carthage stood on?

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Why was South Eastern Africa much more underdeveloped than its Western counterpart?

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Is it true that before the creation of the AK-47 the Roman Gladius was the deadliest weapon in human history?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Before basic running water, water pumps etc, how did villages keep insects from spawning in their well water?	152
During the Battle of Thermopylae was there any other way Xerxes could have marched his army?	11
During the Third Punic War, did Scipio Aemilianus actually salt the earth that Carthage stood on?	5
Why was South Eastern Africa much more underdeveloped than its Western counterpart?	2
Is it true that before the creation of the AK-47 the Roman Gladius was the deadliest weapon in human history?	1