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What role did Hannibal play in Carthage after the second Punic War?

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Modern prisons have black markets where goods and services are sold. Did these exist in the Nazi concentration camps, or Stalin’s Gulags?

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As far as I know, there were still veterans alive from the American Revolution at the start of the Civil War. Did any of them comment on the break up of the country they had fought to create?

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In popular culture, the Eastern Front of WWII is treated as a horrifying place for German soldiers to have to fight. Was there a similar mindset among German soldiers in the First World War?

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To what extent did the Egyptian troops in Yemen affect Egypt’s loss to Israel in the Six Day War?

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Would Jesus, or a person of comparable class, been able to speak Latin or Ancient Greek? If so, at what level?

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What did Winston Churchill think of the Suez Crisis?

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How did the Carthaginian government work?

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What is the origin of writing letters to newspapers?

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What did the PIRA think of the FLQ, and vice-versa?

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What role did Hannibal play in Carthage after the second Punic War?	17
Modern prisons have black markets where goods and services are sold. Did these exist in the Nazi concentration camps, or Stalin’s Gulags?	16
As far as I know, there were still veterans alive from the American Revolution at the start of the Civil War. Did any of them comment on the break up of the country they had fought to create?	12
In popular culture, the Eastern Front of WWII is treated as a horrifying place for German soldiers to have to fight. Was there a similar mindset among German soldiers in the First World War?	12
To what extent did the Egyptian troops in Yemen affect Egypt’s loss to Israel in the Six Day War?	11
Would Jesus, or a person of comparable class, been able to speak Latin or Ancient Greek? If so, at what level?	11
What did Winston Churchill think of the Suez Crisis?	9
How did the Carthaginian government work?	8
What is the origin of writing letters to newspapers?	7
What did the PIRA think of the FLQ, and vice-versa?	6