/u/gimhae_pyeongya's posts in /r/askhistorians
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How far did the Japanese sail into the Pacific Ocean in the pre-modern time? What did they think was at the end of the ocean?
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Why did East Asian countries focus on exporting manufactured goods (in the order of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, and now China), unlike other developing countries?
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Why did middle age European kingdoms adopt patrilineality (succession to one’s son) while in the Roman Empire succession was not determined by father-son blood lineage?
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I heard that the military often got power in developing countries because the military was often the most modernized institution in those countries. Is that true?
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