/u/Suboutai's posts
Aniconism is enforced is some Islamic nations but not others. What was the reasoning for allowing the painting of humans and animals in the Mughal Empire, among others?
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When and why did hair length become, to some extent, gender specific in the US? (Long hair is considered feminine, short hair masculine.)
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Chinggis Khan famously sacked a number of great caravan cities in Central Asia and the middle east. Did this cause any notable economic downturn?
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Did the average American have any idea that the US intended to use atomic weapons on Japan? If so, was there any significant opposition?
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Northern Iran, along the Caspian coast was historically difficult to bring under Abbasid imperial control. What factors caused these people to remain independent?
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Why is it that Egypt is usually only represented by a single location and or time? 9/10 times Egypt is visually represented, we see pyramids. Most people I talk to have zero knowledge of Egyptian history beyond pharaohs and pyramids. Its as if nothing happened in the last 3000 years.
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Given Imperial Chinese experience with the tactics of nomadic warfare (ambush, Parthian shot, etc), how did these nomads continue to outsmart Chinese armies?
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Premodern physicians like Ibn Sina would have limited knowledge of internal anatomy/physiology as there was a prohibition on human dissection. Why is it that the liver specifically recieves so much attention?
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