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Ancient Mediterranean piracy was largely wiped out by the Romans in the first century BC. But what about Indian Ocean piracy? With the vast wealth of India, Rome and China crisscrossing the seas from Egypt to Malacca, was piracy a major issue in the region in antiquity?

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Has anyone ever examined the question of why there were no more large-scale slave revolts in ancient Rome after Spartacus?

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Would Kublai Khan have known about Julius Caesar?

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Why didn't China liberate Macau and Hong Kong by armed force?

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In an episode of Samurai Champloo, set in Edo-period Japan, European ships were seen operating illegally in a port other than Nagasaki, and it's explained that they get away with it by bribing local officials, unbeknownst to the bakufu. Was this ever known to happen in the real world?

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Ancient Mediterranean piracy was largely wiped out by the Romans in the first century BC. But what about Indian Ocean piracy? With the vast wealth of India, Rome and China crisscrossing the seas from Egypt to Malacca, was piracy a major issue in the region in antiquity?	1923
Has anyone ever examined the question of why there were no more large-scale slave revolts in ancient Rome after Spartacus?	58
Would Kublai Khan have known about Julius Caesar?	23
Why didn't China liberate Macau and Hong Kong by armed force?	16
In an episode of Samurai Champloo, set in Edo-period Japan, European ships were seen operating illegally in a port other than Nagasaki, and it's explained that they get away with it by bribing local officials, unbeknownst to the bakufu. Was this ever known to happen in the real world?	8