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Napoleon worked in his youth at the Topographical Bureau which had "curious office hours– from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. to 3 a.m." Why?

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Napoleon for a brief time worked at the Topographical Bureau which had "curious office hours- from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.". Why??

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Talleyrand, the famous French Foreign minister was called "lazy", how was a man so influential seen as such? (quote in text)

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Napoleon memorised a passage from 'Philosophical History of the Two Indies' because it explains why Alexander the Great decided to make Egypt, of all places, the center of his vast empire. Do we know what exact passage?

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Napoleon worked in his youth at the Topographical Bureau which had "curious office hours– from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. to 3 a.m." Why?	214	AskHistorians
Napoleon for a brief time worked at the Topographical Bureau which had "curious office hours- from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. to 3 a.m.". Why??	6	AskHistorians
Talleyrand, the famous French Foreign minister was called "lazy", how was a man so influential seen as such? (quote in text)	3	AskHistorians
Napoleon memorised a passage from 'Philosophical History of the Two Indies' because it explains why Alexander the Great decided to make Egypt, of all places, the center of his vast empire. Do we know what exact passage?	1	AskHistorians