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Without maps, did ancient civilizations before the Roman Empire also use itineraria-type documents listing roads and traveling instructions?

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Was the Persian Empire's focus on "blot out the sun"-scale archery designed to defeat nomadic steppe horse archer armies? Was this the most effective tactic to defeat Scythians and their steppe successors?

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When did the social norm of publicly sharing the contents of private letters fade away? When and how did this practice of reading letters out loud for an audience first arise?

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Why aren't ambulance medics/EMTs in the US public employees of government agencies, like police and firefighters?

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Did any pre-Age of Enlightenment governments fund public education or medicine/doctors for ordinary people?

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Were European medieval wild game preserve laws partially due to concern for resource depletion?

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Before Sulla made himself dictator in 82 BC, the office and its powers had not been used in 120 years. Did most Romans circa 82 BC even initially know what a dictator was?

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What were North Vietnam and the VC's reactions to LBJ's offers of development, as outlined in his "Victory Without Conquest" speech?

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Did Ancient Egypt's histories or myths retain any memory of the African Humid Period / "green Sahara," or the refugees of desertification creating Egyptian civilization?

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All of the travel by Allied heads of state and military officers for conferences during WW2 seems dangerous. Were any Allied leaders or diplomats killed en route to/from the WW2 conferences?

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Without maps, did ancient civilizations before the Roman Empire also use itineraria-type documents listing roads and traveling instructions?	3	AskHistorians
Was the Persian Empire's focus on "blot out the sun"-scale archery designed to defeat nomadic steppe horse archer armies? Was this the most effective tactic to defeat Scythians and their steppe successors?	3	AskHistorians
When did the social norm of publicly sharing the contents of private letters fade away? When and how did this practice of reading letters out loud for an audience first arise?	3	AskHistorians
Why aren't ambulance medics/EMTs in the US public employees of government agencies, like police and firefighters?	3	AskHistorians
Did any pre-Age of Enlightenment governments fund public education or medicine/doctors for ordinary people?	3	AskHistorians
Were European medieval wild game preserve laws partially due to concern for resource depletion?	3	AskHistorians
Before Sulla made himself dictator in 82 BC, the office and its powers had not been used in 120 years. Did most Romans circa 82 BC even initially know what a dictator was?	3	AskHistorians
What were North Vietnam and the VC's reactions to LBJ's offers of development, as outlined in his "Victory Without Conquest" speech?	2	AskHistorians
Did Ancient Egypt's histories or myths retain any memory of the African Humid Period / "green Sahara," or the refugees of desertification creating Egyptian civilization?	2	AskHistorians
All of the travel by Allied heads of state and military officers for conferences during WW2 seems dangerous. Were any Allied leaders or diplomats killed en route to/from the WW2 conferences?	2	AskHistorians