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What military innovations occurred that eventually reversed the seemingly unstoppable Mongol conquests? What did their enemies do that they eventually couldn’t combat effectively?	8
Was Punic/Carthaginian Culture to Phoenician culture as American/Canadian are to British culture?	7
Did any of the Phoenician colonies ever fight each other like the Greek colonies did?	7
Pharaoh Ramses II celebrated a record 14 Sed Festivals and is estimated to have lived to 90-91 years of age in a time when people would be lucky to hit 50 years of age. What did his contemporaries make of his extreme longevity?	7
There is significant evidence for the genetic lineage of the Anglo-Saxons in England. Is there any genetic evidence for the long Roman presence?	7
I often find myself reading about colonies in Antiquity (specifically Greek) and I find it remarkable how many colonies they founded. How difficult was it to do? Did someone just need cash and say: "who's coming?"	7
How were Athenian Cleruchies governed? Did they have a mini version of the government in Athens in each Cleruchy, or were they more/less democratic?	7
I have a Berber coworker who told me genetically Berbers are more closely related to Iberian's than anyone else, is there any validity to this, and if so, were there any cultural/linguistic similarities between the ancient proto-Berber and the ancient (maybe even pre-Roman) Iberian?	7
Been reading up on Iroquois history recently and something doesn’t add up for me about the Great Peacemaker and Hiawatha.	7
I’ve read a lot about the mutual intelligibility of modern vs Ancient Greek, but do we know how mutually intelligible the various dialects of Ancient Greek would have been with Mycenaean?	7

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