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Why did the Sumerians call themselves the "Black-Headed Folk" as an ethnonym despite the fact that (a modern person would assume at least) the Elamites, East Arabians, IRV people, Zagros people, South Anatolian people, Syrian people, etc. all had black hair?

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Why is the study of moundbuilders in the US focused solely on Eastern Moundbuilders and not on Western cultures who also built mounds?

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What is the best book on the history Israel/Palestine conflict

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How did the Roman "Cult of Mithras" spread across the Empire?

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Gladiators attacking Spectators?

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During the time California was to be admited as a state (when the Compromise of 1850 was created) were there any politicians who wanted California to be split into two states at the 36th parallel to agree with the Missouri Compromise?

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Was that Muslim aggression the reason the First Crusade happened? If not why did it happen?

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I'm reading First Man in Rome at the moment and it says that Alexandria was a horrendous drain on Egypt, a city of 3 million mouths to feed by Caesar's time. Is this accurate? Was the city a burden on Egypt's resources? What was the relationship of the aristocracy and common Egyptian?

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Were the war crimes of South Korea really greater than American war crimes during the Vietnam War?

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How dangerous was the medieval age?

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Why did the Sumerians call themselves the "Black-Headed Folk" as an ethnonym despite the fact that (a modern person would assume at least) the Elamites, East Arabians, IRV people, Zagros people, South Anatolian people, Syrian people, etc. all had black hair?	20
Why is the study of moundbuilders in the US focused solely on Eastern Moundbuilders and not on Western cultures who also built mounds?	20
What is the best book on the history Israel/Palestine conflict	20
How did the Roman "Cult of Mithras" spread across the Empire?	20
Gladiators attacking Spectators?	20
During the time California was to be admited as a state (when the Compromise of 1850 was created) were there any politicians who wanted California to be split into two states at the 36th parallel to agree with the Missouri Compromise?	20
Was that Muslim aggression the reason the First Crusade happened? If not why did it happen?	20
I'm reading First Man in Rome at the moment and it says that Alexandria was a horrendous drain on Egypt, a city of 3 million mouths to feed by Caesar's time. Is this accurate? Was the city a burden on Egypt's resources? What was the relationship of the aristocracy and common Egyptian?	20
Were the war crimes of South Korea really greater than American war crimes during the Vietnam War?	20
How dangerous was the medieval age?	20