/u/berserker1989's posts in /r/AskHistorians
I am the parent of a child that has not met the 'standarts' of being a Spartan. So the Spartan state has decided that my infant child should be left to die. What can I do change my childs fate, or do I even want to change his/her fate? Was that supposed to be 'normal' in that society?
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Why wasn't the 124th emperor of Japan (Hirohito) or for that matter any of the Japanese commanders, officials, princes etc etc, put to trial for war crimes just like Nazi party officials were put in Nuremberg?
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Do we have any specific idea of what knowledge was burned in the Library of Alexandria? What have we lost specifically?
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