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Has there ever been an Islamic equivalent to the various European and Asian 'Art of War' texts?

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What is the earliest dedicated "war memorial" that we know of? How did the idea come about?

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How realistic is the "manhood ceremony" that Kunta Kinte and his friends experience in 'Roots'?

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What, if anything, was the Vatican's response to the American Revolution?

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Did the great Mesoamerican cultures (Inca, Maya, etc.) have anything analogous to "popular culture"? Were their celebrities? Popular songs? Widely circulated jokes?

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The "freak show" seems to have been around in the west for several centuries - but what about elsewhere?

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How and why did [heavy] metal music come to so heavily adopt a dark/gothic/"satanic" aesthetic?

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I just found out that St. Thomas Becket was voted onto a list of the "Ten Worst Britons" by readers of the BBC's history magazine - but why?

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Before the development of lenses powerful enough to examine it in detail, what did people think about dust? Did they have some idea of what it was or where it came from?

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When did the first "attractions" begin to develop specifically to accommodate or entice "tourists?"

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Has there ever been an Islamic equivalent to the various European and Asian 'Art of War' texts?	5
What is the earliest dedicated "war memorial" that we know of? How did the idea come about?	5
How realistic is the "manhood ceremony" that Kunta Kinte and his friends experience in 'Roots'?	5
What, if anything, was the Vatican's response to the American Revolution?	5
Did the great Mesoamerican cultures (Inca, Maya, etc.) have anything analogous to "popular culture"? Were their celebrities? Popular songs? Widely circulated jokes?	5
The "freak show" seems to have been around in the west for several centuries - but what about elsewhere?	4
How and why did [heavy] metal music come to so heavily adopt a dark/gothic/"satanic" aesthetic?	4
I just found out that St. Thomas Becket was voted onto a list of the "Ten Worst Britons" by readers of the BBC's history magazine - but why?	4
Before the development of lenses powerful enough to examine it in detail, what did people think about dust? Did they have some idea of what it was or where it came from?	3
When did the first "attractions" begin to develop specifically to accommodate or entice "tourists?"	3