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What do we know about the tradition of monarchs wearing crowns? Did historical sources leave any clues as to why a crown would eventually become the object of choice to symbolize rulership?
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I read somewhere that a great drought in 22nd century BCE prevented the Nile from flooding for several years. The Egyptian Old Kingdom collapsed soon afterward. Do we have any primary sources that described how catastrophic this event was?
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Why did the Soviets have so little political influence in the occupation of Japan compared to Germany at the end of World War II?
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The strait of Hormuz today is considered one of the most strategically important sea lanes in the world, mainly in part to the sheer amount of oil and natural gas that passes through it. Did the strait also had a similiar strategic value in ancient times?
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In the wiki page of the game Europa Universalis 4, it mentioned something "By the game's start in 1444, these merchant adventures have stopped (ie Zheng He's expedition) and the Ming court has begun to adopt an isolationist look to foreign affairs." What made the Chinese change its foreign policy?
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I'm an average Egyptian nobleman during the first century of Ptolemaic rule. Was I proud of being a native Egyptian, or did I pretend to be Geek? How freely was I able to practice my native religion? How much power and influence did I lose before they came?
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