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My history teacher told me that the Sumerians believed that the dead were in perpetual misery, hunger, and thirst in the afterlife. Is this true?

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Is it possible to argue that the Ottoman Empire was actually a continuation of the Roman Empire?

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[Meta?] I've seen flaired users in this sub decry Guns, Germs and Steel and recommend One Vast Winter Count, but...

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My family’s copy of the I Ching / Book of Changes has strange non-Chinese-looking characters on them. What are these?

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Was Cahokia a state society?

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When the Mughals and Safavids collapsed, did the Ottomans think "Oh no, we're next?" Were Ottoman statesmen surprised that the empire survived the 18th century?

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[Meta] When picking flairs for topics the mods don't know about, how can you verify that they're actually knowledgeable?

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[Meta] Inquiry on the weekly themes.

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Did the Kangxi emperor want to exterminate the Dzungar state, or just to reduce them so they could not threaten the Qing?

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Is there any historiographical benefit to using the term "Byzantine Empire" rather than "Eastern Roman Empire"?

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My history teacher told me that the Sumerians believed that the dead were in perpetual misery, hunger, and thirst in the afterlife. Is this true?	43
Is it possible to argue that the Ottoman Empire was actually a continuation of the Roman Empire?	23
[Meta?] I've seen flaired users in this sub decry Guns, Germs and Steel and recommend One Vast Winter Count, but...	17
My family’s copy of the I Ching / Book of Changes has strange non-Chinese-looking characters on them. What are these?	16
Was Cahokia a state society?	14
When the Mughals and Safavids collapsed, did the Ottomans think "Oh no, we're next?" Were Ottoman statesmen surprised that the empire survived the 18th century?	13
[Meta] When picking flairs for topics the mods don't know about, how can you verify that they're actually knowledgeable?	12
[Meta] Inquiry on the weekly themes.	10
Did the Kangxi emperor want to exterminate the Dzungar state, or just to reduce them so they could not threaten the Qing?	10
Is there any historiographical benefit to using the term "Byzantine Empire" rather than "Eastern Roman Empire"?	8