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Suppose you asked a high up in the Aztec empire (circa 1460 to 1470) why their rulers had to be men, what you think he'd say?

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Who is the earliest known person in the western world (let's say that means Europe or it's colonies) to argue that women should be allowed to vote in elections?

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when did it first become possible for normal Japanese to buy Japanese translations of English (as in written in the English language originally, not exclusively from England) novels?

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how would the strife in 1600s BC Egypt, have effected daily life?

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Neptune and Uranus were both discovered well Japan was going through its pre-Meiji restoration (partial) isolation. were there many/any native astronomers in Japan in 1850? If "yes" were they likely aware either planet existed?

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in most of the recreations & illustrations I could find Xia and Shang chinese are depicted wearing the same sort of Kimono like Robes chinese aristocrats were wearing right up until the end of the empire. is that accurate? if "yes" why was chinese fashion so consistent over such a long time period?

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is there any reason to think the early bronze age (in Europe) was less violent and class bound then latter classical times?

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If you're a practicing a Christian or a practicing Muslim, regardless of your credentials, I'm inclined to assume your views on the historicity of Jesus are deeply biased.Do you think that's a bad approach (as a laymen) to take to studying western religious history?

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Supposed it's 75BCE and I start moving south along the African East Coast, beginning in Egypt. Where will I first arrive at a place where people live of of hunter-gathering rather than agriculture?

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Ian Hislop once did a documentary in which he claimed the reason the Norman gentry popularised the king Arthur myth because it depicts the Saxons negatively, and the Anglo-Saxon commons embraced it because by the 12th century they just thought of themselves & Arthur as English. Any truth to that?

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Suppose you asked a high up in the Aztec empire (circa 1460 to 1470) why their rulers had to be men, what you think he'd say?	6	AskHistorians
Who is the earliest known person in the western world (let's say that means Europe or it's colonies) to argue that women should be allowed to vote in elections?	6	AskHistorians
when did it first become possible for normal Japanese to buy Japanese translations of English (as in written in the English language originally, not exclusively from England) novels?	6	AskHistorians
how would the strife in 1600s BC Egypt, have effected daily life?	6	AskHistorians
Neptune and Uranus were both discovered well Japan was going through its pre-Meiji restoration (partial) isolation. were there many/any native astronomers in Japan in 1850? If "yes" were they likely aware either planet existed?	6	AskHistorians
in most of the recreations & illustrations I could find Xia and Shang chinese are depicted wearing the same sort of Kimono like Robes chinese aristocrats were wearing right up until the end of the empire. is that accurate? if "yes" why was chinese fashion so consistent over such a long time period?	6	AskHistorians
is there any reason to think the early bronze age (in Europe) was less violent and class bound then latter classical times?	6	AskHistorians
If you're a practicing a Christian or a practicing Muslim, regardless of your credentials, I'm inclined to assume your views on the historicity of Jesus are deeply biased.Do you think that's a bad approach (as a laymen) to take to studying western religious history?	6	AskHistorians
Supposed it's 75BCE and I start moving south along the African East Coast, beginning in Egypt. Where will I first arrive at a place where people live of of hunter-gathering rather than agriculture?	6	AskHistorians
Ian Hislop once did a documentary in which he claimed the reason the Norman gentry popularised the king Arthur myth because it depicts the Saxons negatively, and the Anglo-Saxon commons embraced it because by the 12th century they just thought of themselves & Arthur as English. Any truth to that?	6	AskHistorians