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Baljenac island has an incredible 14 miles of stone walls on its 35 acres — it seems like the island is almost more wall than land. Why were so many walls built here? Were they all agricultural terraces/retaining walls? What was the island used for and why does it have such building density?.
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Herodotus said The Greeks overreacted to Helen being stolen, cause Asians did it all the time. Is this a reasonable claim?
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After the invading Germanic and Sarmatian tribes broke their peace treaty with Rome and Marcus Aurelius was forced to march north for round two of the Marcomannic Wars, was the emperor trying to "make a desert and call it peace?"
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Did settling barbarians within the Roman Empire frequently turn out to be a good move? Barbarian settlement seems to have happened frequently across centuries, but most of the historians only note when it went wrong. Was the Roman melting pot effective enough to tame outsiders?
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The Lombards emerged from Scandinavia and began raiding Roman territory as early as the second century before capturing all of Italy in the 6th century. Did the Lombards worship what we would consider traditional Scandinavian/viking gods like Odin during this period?
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Is it reasonable to consider the Crusades as early examples of Christian/European colonialism, imperialism, and barbarism, which modern Muslims sometimes suggest?
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How much of the ancient Egyptian GDP went into building pyramids and other royal tombs? Did their construction cause economic hardship?
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Russia's Crimean War defeat in the mid-19th century and its defeat in the 1905 Russo-Japanese War forced czars to make radical reforms. Perestroika resulted from the Soviet Union's failed Afghan war. What is it about military failure that spurs liberal reform in Russia? Who puts the pressure on?
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