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I've read that imagery associated with the Shinto wind god Fūjin originates with the Greek god Boreas, transmitted first to the Greco-Bactrian kingdom, and then to Japan along the silk road. Is this claim accurate? What are other examples of long distance cultural transmission across Eurasia?
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I'm a linguist with no experience in Assyriology, looking to understand the current state of research on the Sumerian language. Are there any overviews of current consensus/debates in the field that might be somewhat accessible to me?
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In the stone age, flint knapping was used to make tools. In the age of flintlock firearms, similar techniques were used to make gun flints. What is the history of these techniques between those two eras? How was knowledge of flint knapping passed on from the ancient past to the early modern period?
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What is the current state of preservation and digitization of the Timbuktu manuscripts? I understand that quite a lot of the manuscripts are held by private individuals; to what degree have these been accessible to historians?
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What is the history of sword manufacturing/production *after* swords ceased to be used commonly as weapons by most of the world's militaries (i.e. from the late 19th/early 20th century onwards)?
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A slightly gross question: what did ancient people think farts were? Where did they think farts came from? Did they understand them as the build up of a particular type of gas the way we do today?
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