/u/Garrettshade's posts
Aleksandr Nevskiy is known for his stand against the Western (German and Swedish) advances on Novgorod and Pskov, but willingly pledged allegiance to the Mongols. Why did he consider a Pagan ruler a better choice than a fellow Christian ruler, even if from another confession?
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Doveland, Wisconsin - a pure creepypasta or did it have some underlying truth or comparable real examples of vanished towns?
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Are there really stages in religion development from Animism to Multi-deities to Single-deity religion? Or can multi-pantheon religions be also considered equally developed and complex belief systems?
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Was there any sense in treatment of Japanese nationals in the US during the second World War? Did it help the war effort in any meaningful way?
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“These Are Sparta's Walls” To quote Lycurgus, lawgiver of Sparta, “A city is well-fortified which has a wall of men instead of brick”. This is the quote I keep hearing or reading in various sources across the internet. How historically accurate is that?
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Was the opening of the Second Front in Operation Overlord deliberately delayed by the West or was it simply the next step in the ongoing pressure by the Allies?
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Why did the Shogunate preserve the Emperor's position instead of usurping it? And why in general such reverence to the emperor's position specifically in the Asian/Far Eastern culture (looking at media and fiction)?
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