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Modern classics courses are dominated by the Iliad and the Odyssey. Did the ancient Greeks attach that much importance to them, or did they just happen to survive to the modern day when other works didn't?

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Was being a veteran considered particularly honorable in medieval Europe? How was military service rationalized/justified in the era before patriotism and nationalism?

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Why did early Christianity spread so rapidly within the Roman Empire but wasn't as successful in other places? Was it simply because Rome was highly interconnected or were Romans especially easy to convert?

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What did people do with portraits of themselves? Would they likely display it in their own house while they were alive, or was hanging up an oil painting of your own face considered odd?

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How much of the fighting in the Battle of Stalingrad actually occurred in Stalingrad?

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How and when did the Gettysburg Address become canonized as one of the greatest speeches ever made?

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How and why did barge haulers of all people become such an iconic symbol of imperial Russia (e.g. Song of the Volga Boatmen, Ilya Repin's famous painting)?

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Modern classics courses are dominated by the Iliad and the Odyssey. Did the ancient Greeks attach that much importance to them, or did they just happen to survive to the modern day when other works didn't?	8
Was being a veteran considered particularly honorable in medieval Europe? How was military service rationalized/justified in the era before patriotism and nationalism?	7
Why did early Christianity spread so rapidly within the Roman Empire but wasn't as successful in other places? Was it simply because Rome was highly interconnected or were Romans especially easy to convert?	6
What did people do with portraits of themselves? Would they likely display it in their own house while they were alive, or was hanging up an oil painting of your own face considered odd?	2
How much of the fighting in the Battle of Stalingrad actually occurred in Stalingrad?	2
How and when did the Gettysburg Address become canonized as one of the greatest speeches ever made?	2
How and why did barge haulers of all people become such an iconic symbol of imperial Russia (e.g. Song of the Volga Boatmen, Ilya Repin's famous painting)?	1