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How were water supply and sanitation handled in ancient and medieval Chinese, Japanese and Korean cities, considering how large a lot of them were?

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Did the Roman Empire has an equivalent for like, a Secretary of State, Secretary of Interior, Secretary of Defense, for Education, Health, so forth, or anything like government ministries and the US Cabinet today?

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Mahatma Gandhi is portrayed as one who always bombs with nuclear weapons in the Civilization game franchise. In real life however, as Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948 and he lived to see the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and the Manhattan Project, what was his opinion on the use of nuclear weaponry?

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Why did the term "lesbian" come from the name of the Greek island of Lesbos? What is so lesbian about that island?

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How common were nighttime military operations and attacks in ancient Roman and Greek warfare?

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What was Japanese cuisine like during Sengoku Jidai era Japan? How was it different to modern Japanese cuisine?

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Why is it that the Spanish and the Portuguese were more successful in spreading the Christian faith than the English and the Dutch? Was it because the English and the Dutch did not proselytize, or the Spanish and the Portuguese were simply more successful?

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During the height of feudalism in Europe, were there people who criticized feudalism or called for its abolition?

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How was the Soviet-Afghan War represented in Soviet popular culture?

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Europeans bringing smallpox/diseases to Native Americans are well-documented, but is there evidence of East Asian populations bringing smallpox to Siberian Natives/Native Americans?

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How were water supply and sanitation handled in ancient and medieval Chinese, Japanese and Korean cities, considering how large a lot of them were?	7
Did the Roman Empire has an equivalent for like, a Secretary of State, Secretary of Interior, Secretary of Defense, for Education, Health, so forth, or anything like government ministries and the US Cabinet today?	7
Mahatma Gandhi is portrayed as one who always bombs with nuclear weapons in the Civilization game franchise. In real life however, as Mahatma Gandhi died in 1948 and he lived to see the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and the Manhattan Project, what was his opinion on the use of nuclear weaponry?	6
Why did the term "lesbian" come from the name of the Greek island of Lesbos? What is so lesbian about that island?	6
How common were nighttime military operations and attacks in ancient Roman and Greek warfare?	6
What was Japanese cuisine like during Sengoku Jidai era Japan? How was it different to modern Japanese cuisine?	6
Why is it that the Spanish and the Portuguese were more successful in spreading the Christian faith than the English and the Dutch? Was it because the English and the Dutch did not proselytize, or the Spanish and the Portuguese were simply more successful?	6
During the height of feudalism in Europe, were there people who criticized feudalism or called for its abolition?	6
How was the Soviet-Afghan War represented in Soviet popular culture?	6
Europeans bringing smallpox/diseases to Native Americans are well-documented, but is there evidence of East Asian populations bringing smallpox to Siberian Natives/Native Americans?	6