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Historically, why did the Chinese lose so many battles to nomadic tribes?

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In the ancient world, automatons (robots) were described as being able to speak and see. How could this have been accomplished back then? Is it just legend?

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Would it have been possible for a medieval-era society to produce titanium, assuming they had knowledge of it?

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World War 1 & 2 Historians : To what extant was asbestos used in infantry equipment?

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Historically, why did the Chinese lose so many battles to nomadic tribes?	88
In the ancient world, automatons (robots) were described as being able to speak and see. How could this have been accomplished back then? Is it just legend?	8
Would it have been possible for a medieval-era society to produce titanium, assuming they had knowledge of it?	3
World War 1 & 2 Historians : To what extant was asbestos used in infantry equipment?	1