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Ghengis Khan massacred a lot of the people he conquored but kept lots of the skilled workers alive for knowledge, and the women alive for rape. What happened to the wife or wives of Emperor Mo after Temujin defeated the Western Xia dynasty? NSFW

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what does the bible say about the late bronze age collapse?

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what happened to temujin for the ten years that followed his defeat at the battle of dalan balzhut?

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Was there a time in Rome or Macedon whereby the "main" (sorry for poor word useage) god whorshipped was not Zeus/Jupiter? Ie. Cronus/Saturn?

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Historically, between 1517-1918, has the princes of Anhalt, Lippe, Reuss, and Schaumburg nominally been Catholic or Protestant? Also curious about the (Grand) Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach as well.

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why did roman velites and hastati not use the same javelins?

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Did Merovich really fight his son Childeric I at the Battle of the Catalaunian plains?

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Is the "Sogdians" from "The History of the Northern Dynasties" actually the Alans?

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Wellington said that as a unit the French heavy cavalry were better in large numbers, while the British heavy cavalry were better individually. At Waterloo, what kind of equipment did the British heavy cavalry have that made people designate them as 'heavy'? Isn't armor useless in the gunpowder era?

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How did the proto-Ottomans (Kayi leaders) gain independence from the Ilkhans so easily?

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Ghengis Khan massacred a lot of the people he conquored but kept lots of the skilled workers alive for knowledge, and the women alive for rape. What happened to the wife or wives of Emperor Mo after Temujin defeated the Western Xia dynasty? NSFW	18
what does the bible say about the late bronze age collapse?	16
what happened to temujin for the ten years that followed his defeat at the battle of dalan balzhut?	14
Was there a time in Rome or Macedon whereby the "main" (sorry for poor word useage) god whorshipped was not Zeus/Jupiter? Ie. Cronus/Saturn?	13
Historically, between 1517-1918, has the princes of Anhalt, Lippe, Reuss, and Schaumburg nominally been Catholic or Protestant? Also curious about the (Grand) Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach as well.	7
why did roman velites and hastati not use the same javelins?	7
Did Merovich really fight his son Childeric I at the Battle of the Catalaunian plains?	7
Is the "Sogdians" from "The History of the Northern Dynasties" actually the Alans?	5
Wellington said that as a unit the French heavy cavalry were better in large numbers, while the British heavy cavalry were better individually. At Waterloo, what kind of equipment did the British heavy cavalry have that made people designate them as 'heavy'? Isn't armor useless in the gunpowder era?	4
How did the proto-Ottomans (Kayi leaders) gain independence from the Ilkhans so easily?	3