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What made the Roman Empire stick together as a unit after Nero's death? Why didn't it break apart like the empire set by Alexander?

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Politically, what was happening in England 1848 while most of Europe was going through some sort of turmoil? How did the various insurgences and revolutions affect the british?

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What are the basis, if any, for the theory that puts Trojan Horse mythos has an origin story created by the Romans to put themselves as the survivors of a treachorous scheme to win a war?

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At late antiquity, why did the aristocracy in Europe transition from slave labor to serfdom? What were the benefits for the land owner?

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How good was the average Byzantine ruler with what we consider basic knowledge of mathematics?

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Willian Rosen wrote that "one of the consequences of the theft of silk making from China was the withdrawal of Rome and Persia from the Arabian peninsula", what is referring to and how are these events connected?

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Why does most of the world calls Germany 'Germany' while in Portuguese the country's name is "Alemanha"

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What was the social recognition and liberties of third state women during the French revolutionary period?

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Why did Julius Caesar's mother name her son after a surgical procedure?

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What made the Roman Empire stick together as a unit after Nero's death? Why didn't it break apart like the empire set by Alexander?	7
Politically, what was happening in England 1848 while most of Europe was going through some sort of turmoil? How did the various insurgences and revolutions affect the british?	6
What are the basis, if any, for the theory that puts Trojan Horse mythos has an origin story created by the Romans to put themselves as the survivors of a treachorous scheme to win a war?	6
At late antiquity, why did the aristocracy in Europe transition from slave labor to serfdom? What were the benefits for the land owner?	4
How good was the average Byzantine ruler with what we consider basic knowledge of mathematics?	4
Willian Rosen wrote that "one of the consequences of the theft of silk making from China was the withdrawal of Rome and Persia from the Arabian peninsula", what is referring to and how are these events connected?	3
Why does most of the world calls Germany 'Germany' while in Portuguese the country's name is "Alemanha"	2
What was the social recognition and liberties of third state women during the French revolutionary period?	1
Why did Julius Caesar's mother name her son after a surgical procedure?	0