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Killing parent/sibling/spouse for inheritance seems popular in medieval world. What would happen in case the murderer is known? Were there any rules that inheritance doesn't work if the heir kills the king/duke/etc?

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Muscovite rulers claimed to be heirs of Rome with the idea Moscow is Third Rome. Not long before that they were a part of the largest land empire ever, Mongolian Empire. Where there any claims to be successors of Genghis Khan? If not then why?

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Crusaders promised to be vassals of Byzantine Emperor, right? Did he get anything from the First Crusade?

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Do we have any examples of people thinking they have their "golden age" at the time they lived - as opposed to some mythical past?

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Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812: how had people of recently divided Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth reacted to fighting each other?

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When have people started imagining future as more technologically advanced?

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Starting with Common Era philosophers seem to be very interested in religion, both in East and the West. Had philosophers before that care about religion and dieties at all?

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How and why has global ban on drugs happenned?

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Why had kings delegated power to nobles instead of paying them as employees?

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Nazism is known to be ant-communist in its core. What was the Italian fascist opinion on communism?

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Killing parent/sibling/spouse for inheritance seems popular in medieval world. What would happen in case the murderer is known? Were there any rules that inheritance doesn't work if the heir kills the king/duke/etc?	9
Muscovite rulers claimed to be heirs of Rome with the idea Moscow is Third Rome. Not long before that they were a part of the largest land empire ever, Mongolian Empire. Where there any claims to be successors of Genghis Khan? If not then why?	9
Crusaders promised to be vassals of Byzantine Emperor, right? Did he get anything from the First Crusade?	9
Do we have any examples of people thinking they have their "golden age" at the time they lived - as opposed to some mythical past?	8
Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812: how had people of recently divided Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth reacted to fighting each other?	8
When have people started imagining future as more technologically advanced?	7
Starting with Common Era philosophers seem to be very interested in religion, both in East and the West. Had philosophers before that care about religion and dieties at all?	7
How and why has global ban on drugs happenned?	7
Why had kings delegated power to nobles instead of paying them as employees?	7
Nazism is known to be ant-communist in its core. What was the Italian fascist opinion on communism?	7