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When and how did they decide where Europe ended and Asia began considering it's one massive landmass (and some smaller islands) without obvious separation like there is in the Americas?

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Fire beacons were used to communicate over long distances quickly. But they were often, it seems in movies, that they were placed in remote areas on top of mountains. Is this accurate? Did people just live in these incredibly remote areas?

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Why was there no English Baroque influence in the English colonies in the 17th C? What was the determinant for religious architectural style in the early colonies?

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Why were English monarch's ordinals measured by which of that name they were "after the conquest"?

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Where did gods and goddesses get their names?

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BCE and CE are still aligned with Christian events despite removing Christianity from the term, when and why did we choose to align our calendar to these events?

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When did cults (as we know them today) first start appearing? Is there any record of cults before the twentieth century?

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Who are some leaders with interesting stories but are often overlooked in favour of more infamous ones such as Alexander the Great and Ramses II?

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When did we start using coffins for burials and why?

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When and why did Britain stop being referred to as Albion?

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When and how did they decide where Europe ended and Asia began considering it's one massive landmass (and some smaller islands) without obvious separation like there is in the Americas?	22	AskHistorians
Fire beacons were used to communicate over long distances quickly. But they were often, it seems in movies, that they were placed in remote areas on top of mountains. Is this accurate? Did people just live in these incredibly remote areas?	17	AskHistorians
Why was there no English Baroque influence in the English colonies in the 17th C? What was the determinant for religious architectural style in the early colonies?	12	AskHistorians
Why were English monarch's ordinals measured by which of that name they were "after the conquest"?	8	AskHistorians
Where did gods and goddesses get their names?	8	AskHistorians
BCE and CE are still aligned with Christian events despite removing Christianity from the term, when and why did we choose to align our calendar to these events?	7	AskHistorians
When did cults (as we know them today) first start appearing? Is there any record of cults before the twentieth century?	5	AskHistorians
Who are some leaders with interesting stories but are often overlooked in favour of more infamous ones such as Alexander the Great and Ramses II?	5	AskHistorians
When did we start using coffins for burials and why?	5	AskHistorians
When and why did Britain stop being referred to as Albion?	4	AskHistorians