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Christianity was used as a "Trojan Horse" for European imperialism, a way for colonial powers to get their foot in the door and prepare for a larger land grab. Was this a conscious strategy, or just a pattern that repeatedly played out?
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Japanese schoolchildren were indoctrinated with the idea of Bushidō ("the spirit of the warriors") during the Meiji era. Did this indoctrination end up backfiring by causing common people to clamor for war even when the elites knew diplomacy would have worked better?
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In Uttar Pradesh, the Brahmins and Kshatriyas (Rajputs) casts are as genetically distant as the Irish are from the Swiss. Other Indian casts are also genetically distant. Social/marriage separation kept them from interbreeding, but were the lower casts the isolated losers in some conflict?
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The goddess Athena was claimed as the civic god of Athens. After being marked with this association, did other cities downgrade their worship of her, or in any way discriminate against her?
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Pierre Poivre described Vietnam as being ruled by "philosopher princes" in the 1700s. What did he mean by this? Was there anything particularly philosophical in the actions of the Vietnamese ruling classes?
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Red means stop. Green means go. How far back in time would you have to travel for these assumptions to no longer hold?
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How important was England's "Royal Society," for spreading the scientific method/ scientific thinking around Europe in the 1600s?
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When the Han dynasty fell in China and the state broke into warring factions for 46 years, did it cause a lot of damage to the Roman's profitable eastern trade routes/the silk road? How much economic impact was there?
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