/u/AleksiB1's posts in /r/AskHistorians
Why did the Assyrians survived until today but not the Babylonians? and why did they started using Aramaic language instead of Assyrian? (not sure if Akkadian language had split by then) Arameans didnt even have an empire right so how did Aramaic became prestigious
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Are modern Egyptians descendent from Ancient Egyptians? I thought Coptics were the only descendent and most of the Egyptians had only Arab ancestry
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Why was it that the Austronesians didnt fully conquer New Guinea or even reach Australia but reached as far west as Madagascar and as east as the Easter island and possible couldve made contacts with the Americas? I even Borneo is more dense than New Guinea
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Why was Vietnam historically under Chinese influence but rest of South East Asia mostly under Indian Influence?
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Elizabeth II is the Queen of UK and her spouse was Prince Philip so why wasnt he considered the King of UK / Why doesnt UK have a King?
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Why are Bangladesh, Maldives, Malaysia and Indonesia Muslim and Sri Lanka Buddhist? and why are Sri Lanka and Maldives Indo Aryan?
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