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Knights, princesses, dungeons, and dragons still loom large in children's pretend play. Did children of High Medieval Europe have a similar pseudohistorical analogue for their make-believe?
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Sun Tzu, to my knowledge, doesn't speak about digging latrines or army hygiene. What was camp organization like in his Zhou dynasty China (or the subsequent Warring states period)?
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Knights, princesses, dungeons, and dragons still loom large in children's pretend play. Did children of High Medieval Europe have a similar pseudohistorical analogue for their make-believe?
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The Ancient Greeks are believed to have lacked a word for blue (the wine-dark sea!), yet Indian Indigo was also a highly sought-after luxury good. Are there any early accounts of Greeks describing the dye?
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In the game Skyrim, the roof of the mead hall Jorrvaskr is an upturned longboat. Are there any recorded instances of Pre-Industrial cultures repurposing *intact* water vessels in land structures?
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Augustus Caesar was said to have venerated Alexander who in turn admired Cyrus. How did Augustus and early Imperial Rome view Cyrus and the Achaemenid Empire? Additionally, were parts of Imperial Rome's political philosophy and bureaucracy inspired by Achaemenid legacy?
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"Carthago delenda est." As a layman, the Third Punic War appears to not be a war of conquest but of total destruction and calculated genocide. What are the arguments against it being classified as such?
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Contrasting Achaemenid Persia's highly limited slavery to the Spartan dependence on its Helot slave class, how significant was the issue of slavery specifically in prompting Sparta's vehement rejection of the 'gift of earth and water?'
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How much did Alexander's personality (excluding ability) contribute to the unique speed and scale of his conquest? Was this speed and scale imprudent and perhaps even consciously avoided by other great conquerors?
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