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When and why did castration/blinding become such a common way to remove political opponents in Byzantium? When and why did the practice stop? What would become of people who were castrated/blinded to remove them from eligibility as rulers?

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Was there a difference between Cataphracts and Clibanarii?

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How are 'A History of China' (Wolfram Eberhard) and 'China and the Chinese' (Herbert Allen Giles)?

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Are there any records of long distance running or persistence hunting among tribes in the Americas around the time of contact with Europeans?

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What characteristics of France during the period of the Ancien Regime made it effective as a colonizing power?

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Defecting T-54A tank in the Hungarian Revolution?

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What were the politics of major arms acquisitions among NATO countries during the Cold War?

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During the Cold War, to what extent did NATO and/or Warpac countries give thought and planning to reconstruction of their society and economy after a nuclear war?

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How did Boccaccio write the Decameron with elements of eroticism and criticism of the Catholic Church without falling afoul of the Inquisition?

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I would like to learn about the history of sculptures. Where do I start?

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When and why did castration/blinding become such a common way to remove political opponents in Byzantium? When and why did the practice stop? What would become of people who were castrated/blinded to remove them from eligibility as rulers?	6	AskHistorians
Was there a difference between Cataphracts and Clibanarii?	6	AskHistorians
How are 'A History of China' (Wolfram Eberhard) and 'China and the Chinese' (Herbert Allen Giles)?	6	AskHistorians
Are there any records of long distance running or persistence hunting among tribes in the Americas around the time of contact with Europeans?	6	AskHistorians
What characteristics of France during the period of the Ancien Regime made it effective as a colonizing power?	6	AskHistorians
Defecting T-54A tank in the Hungarian Revolution?	5	AskHistorians
What were the politics of major arms acquisitions among NATO countries during the Cold War?	5	AskHistorians
During the Cold War, to what extent did NATO and/or Warpac countries give thought and planning to reconstruction of their society and economy after a nuclear war?	5	AskHistorians
How did Boccaccio write the Decameron with elements of eroticism and criticism of the Catholic Church without falling afoul of the Inquisition?	5	AskHistorians
I would like to learn about the history of sculptures. Where do I start?	5	AskHistorians