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Does/has North Korea's attempts to control information and restrict movement make it harder to study the peninsula's pre-split history?
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It's 1825, suppose I asked an (English) military historian if Waterloo is a significant battle in human history. What will they (likely) say?
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in the past I've been told by people on here that there are female samurai that fought in combat. How did Women find themselves in the position to do that? Why did their families allow it?
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What was it like (in terms of social standing) being an Indian doing a police or military job for the British in the 1920, 30s or 40s, when much of the population were rebelling against them? Was there ever stigma attached to such jobs in India?
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what sort of people (in a terms of profession, age and wealth) would the Portuguese have taken with them when they were colonizing Madeira & later the Azores?
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I would have thought helmet crests would be a hindrance in actual battle, were the greeks and romans (and any of civilization that had them) not worried about them getting caught on things, or the enemy grabbing them?
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there's a part of my home town where there's a lot of old (as in victorian) big houses. I keep seeing these oval metal things attached to the walls around there, what are they and what are they for (see pictures)?
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What did upper class Romans (circa 75 BCE) think about men being openly gay? I know that as a matter of practicality they tolerated Roman men having sex with male slaves, but what did they think about men who went around publicly admitted that they had no sexual interest in women & only wanted men?
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