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What exactly is meant by when a ruler in the ancient world "builds a new city"? How does this process work?

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Can anyone run through the significance of red shoes/boots? Or colour in medieval clothing when it pertains to nobility

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What was the "eight-legged essay" in China and why was it seemingly so significant in Chinese culture at the time?

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Why is it the "great men" way of approaching History becomes more prominent the more modern the history is?

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How Lithuanian was the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (the Rus' Lithuania question)?

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When the Soviet Union was invaded in WW2, how were Jewish people fleeing the Nazis treated as internal migrants within the USSR?

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Why did people in Medieval Europe write Chronicles/Annals? Who was interested in reading them?

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Was Churchill's "soft underbelly" approach in WW2 tactically sound?

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Why were 19th century Russian political dissidents exiled more often than killed?

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How was English standardised in England without the use of an academy like in France or Spain?

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What exactly is meant by when a ruler in the ancient world "builds a new city"? How does this process work?	15	AskHistorians
Can anyone run through the significance of red shoes/boots? Or colour in medieval clothing when it pertains to nobility	11	AskHistorians
What was the "eight-legged essay" in China and why was it seemingly so significant in Chinese culture at the time?	11	AskHistorians
Why is it the "great men" way of approaching History becomes more prominent the more modern the history is?	10	AskHistorians
How Lithuanian was the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (the Rus' Lithuania question)?	10	AskHistorians
When the Soviet Union was invaded in WW2, how were Jewish people fleeing the Nazis treated as internal migrants within the USSR?	10	AskHistorians
Why did people in Medieval Europe write Chronicles/Annals? Who was interested in reading them?	7	AskHistorians
Was Churchill's "soft underbelly" approach in WW2 tactically sound?	6	AskHistorians
Why were 19th century Russian political dissidents exiled more often than killed?	5	AskHistorians
How was English standardised in England without the use of an academy like in France or Spain?	5	AskHistorians