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What factors led to the 14th Dalai Lama, essentially a would-be theocratic despot, becoming such a celebrated character in the West? When did he rise to prominence in the West?
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The Ottomans and Qajars both called their realms "dovlat-i aliyyeh" or "the Sublime Realms", appended with "Iran" in the latter case. Did this styling originate with the Ottomans?
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Peasants and property: How did serfdom differ substantially in practice from being a "free" peasant who paid taxes to a local lord?
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On what basis is the Sumero-Akkadian title lugal ki-sár-ra/šar kiššatim identified as having meant "king of the universe" by the time of Sargon the Akkadian?
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