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How much genuine authority did Spain actually exert over its colonial Empire?

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Is the apparent prominence of classical Greece in philosophy, science, history etc. the result of genuinely unique prowess or have Greek works simply survived better than those of other civilisations?

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According to Herodotus, Sparta fielded 10,000 hoplites at the Battle of Plataea. To my knowledge, this would have been almost the entire population of adult male citizens at the time. Was such mass mobilisation normal in Greece, or did Herodotus overestimate the size of Greek forces as well?

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I live in an average late-neolithic town pr village destined in the next few centuries to become an important population centre in Egypt, Mesopotamia etc. How might my family go on to become the high-ranking nobility of the town as it develops?

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What would be a non-biased assessment of the Achaemenid Empire, and ancient Persian society, in comparison to the city-states of Greece?

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Who in Cambodia actually supported the Khmer Rouge and why?

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Why did Egypt join the Arab League in 1945?

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Is there any consensus among historians on the role of Empress Dowager Cixi in attempts to modernise late Imperial China?

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How much can actually be gleaned about Empress Wu Zetian's governance from traditional Chinese historiography?

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How did the Nazis finance their public works schemes if the economy they inherited was a mess?

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How much genuine authority did Spain actually exert over its colonial Empire?	26
Is the apparent prominence of classical Greece in philosophy, science, history etc. the result of genuinely unique prowess or have Greek works simply survived better than those of other civilisations?	25
According to Herodotus, Sparta fielded 10,000 hoplites at the Battle of Plataea. To my knowledge, this would have been almost the entire population of adult male citizens at the time. Was such mass mobilisation normal in Greece, or did Herodotus overestimate the size of Greek forces as well?	21
I live in an average late-neolithic town pr village destined in the next few centuries to become an important population centre in Egypt, Mesopotamia etc. How might my family go on to become the high-ranking nobility of the town as it develops?	16
What would be a non-biased assessment of the Achaemenid Empire, and ancient Persian society, in comparison to the city-states of Greece?	12
Who in Cambodia actually supported the Khmer Rouge and why?	11
Why did Egypt join the Arab League in 1945?	11
Is there any consensus among historians on the role of Empress Dowager Cixi in attempts to modernise late Imperial China?	9
How much can actually be gleaned about Empress Wu Zetian's governance from traditional Chinese historiography?	8
How did the Nazis finance their public works schemes if the economy they inherited was a mess?	8