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How come king Cyrus the great is Persian while his grandfather king Astyages is Median?

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Was there any resistance against the Iranian monarchy before ww2?

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Where did the terms left wing and right wing come from?

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Was Phoenicia the first colonial empire?

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How accurate is it to say that Oman was the only non European colonial empire? And the only one to flourish from the shores of the indain ocean? If it is then why didn't any other colonial empire emerge from the Indian ocean (colonizing eastern Africa, Oceania among other places)?

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Did the Incas know where the Spaniards come from?

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Why did Ibn al-Haytham fail in building a dam to stop the Nile from flooding? Was the dam ever built at some point in history?

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Why didn't Ismail I convert minorities like the Kurds, Baluch, Pashtun, etc... ?

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When did the Yemen region become ethnically arab?

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Is the House of Saud really of Jewish origin? What is the story behind this claim?

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How come king Cyrus the great is Persian while his grandfather king Astyages is Median?	2
Was there any resistance against the Iranian monarchy before ww2?	2
Where did the terms left wing and right wing come from?	2
Was Phoenicia the first colonial empire?	2
How accurate is it to say that Oman was the only non European colonial empire? And the only one to flourish from the shores of the indain ocean? If it is then why didn't any other colonial empire emerge from the Indian ocean (colonizing eastern Africa, Oceania among other places)?	2
Did the Incas know where the Spaniards come from?	2
Why did Ibn al-Haytham fail in building a dam to stop the Nile from flooding? Was the dam ever built at some point in history?	2
Why didn't Ismail I convert minorities like the Kurds, Baluch, Pashtun, etc... ?	2
When did the Yemen region become ethnically arab?	2
Is the House of Saud really of Jewish origin? What is the story behind this claim?	2