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Could the audience drink alcohol in amphitheaters during events in Ancient Rome? Were there any restrictions like there are in modern times to avoid violence?

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Hatshepsut had many monuments from her reign desecrated and she wasn’t included in the kings list of Seti I. But her enormous mortuary temple remained with many references to her. What did the people of later NKE think her role was if not as the pharaoh?

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All Spartiate citizens were required to have membership in a common mess hall to maintain citizenship, the kings were not exempt from this, what were the kings mess halls like?

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Are there any copies of Alexius Comnenus' letter to Robert of Flanders requesting help against the Seljuk Turks?

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When the German advance in Russia halted in the winter of 1941, were there many people at the time who predicted the war was lost?

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How far did Islamic trade routes span up to the 16th century?

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Why are Crassus and Pompey not mention at all in Sallust's account of the Spartacan revolt?

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The Treaty of Versailles is criticized and perceived as a major cause of WW2, How did the German Instrument of Surrender/Paris Peace Treaties differ from this and why was it so much more successful?

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What does the diary of Merer really reveal about the construction of the Great Pyramid?

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Where were tribunes of the plebs seated in the Roman senate.

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Could the audience drink alcohol in amphitheaters during events in Ancient Rome? Were there any restrictions like there are in modern times to avoid violence?	296
Hatshepsut had many monuments from her reign desecrated and she wasn’t included in the kings list of Seti I. But her enormous mortuary temple remained with many references to her. What did the people of later NKE think her role was if not as the pharaoh?	24
All Spartiate citizens were required to have membership in a common mess hall to maintain citizenship, the kings were not exempt from this, what were the kings mess halls like?	21
Are there any copies of Alexius Comnenus' letter to Robert of Flanders requesting help against the Seljuk Turks?	9
When the German advance in Russia halted in the winter of 1941, were there many people at the time who predicted the war was lost?	8
How far did Islamic trade routes span up to the 16th century?	5
Why are Crassus and Pompey not mention at all in Sallust's account of the Spartacan revolt?	5
The Treaty of Versailles is criticized and perceived as a major cause of WW2, How did the German Instrument of Surrender/Paris Peace Treaties differ from this and why was it so much more successful?	3
What does the diary of Merer really reveal about the construction of the Great Pyramid?	3
Where were tribunes of the plebs seated in the Roman senate.	2