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Gerald of Wales describes his Crusade preaching in French and Latin rather than English or Welsh. Was not using vernacular languages typical in preaching at the time?
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The Japanese story of Izanami and Izanagi has some uncanny similarity to Greek mythology. Is this due to don't transmission of the story?
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I've read that many Early Modern military strategists tried to replicate Roman military tactics. Did anything come of this? Did Roman texts impact the "Military Revolution"?
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In "Lost Enlightenment", the Arab conquest of Khorasan and Transoxiana under Qutayba is characterized as brutal and accompanied by massive intentional cultural destruction (eg, book burnings). Is this accurate?
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How and when did competitive elections and political campaigning develop for the English House of Commons?
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Had the La Tene and Hallstatt swords deposited in rivers, bogs etc seen use, or were they entirely ceremonial?
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