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History is often portrayed as cyclical: empires rise, inevitably grow complacent and weak, and are toppled by a new, vigourous dynasty or people. Is this accurate? Can we really identify neat patterns of rise and decline across human history?

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To the pre-modern West, China was a mysterious place of magic and wonder. What was the flip side to that coin? How much did the Chinese know about Europe, and did it represent anything similar to Europe's concept of "Cathay"?

19 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How much impact has the Chinese writing system and written language had on the development on the spoken language?

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Eurasian cultures have historically eaten a wide variety of grains, but in recent centuries wheat, rice and maize have all but displaced their competitors. What happened to them? How has this impacted our diet and cuisines?

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Pan-Arab Nationalism in its heyday always seems to have held more sway in the western Arab states, and much less in the Gulf. Why is that? Have Gulf Arabs historically seen themselves as separate to the rest of the Arab world?

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Why do some academics intersperse French words into their writing?

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What's the difference between 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G and 6G?

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How important was wheat or non-rice grains in Japanese food before the introduction of Western cuisine?

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Why has the Mezzogiorno historically lagged behind Northern Italy?

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How seriously is the Xiongnu = Huns theory taken? What implications does it have for Eurasian history?

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History is often portrayed as cyclical: empires rise, inevitably grow complacent and weak, and are toppled by a new, vigourous dynasty or people. Is this accurate? Can we really identify neat patterns of rise and decline across human history?	22	AskHistorians
To the pre-modern West, China was a mysterious place of magic and wonder. What was the flip side to that coin? How much did the Chinese know about Europe, and did it represent anything similar to Europe's concept of "Cathay"?	19	AskHistorians
How much impact has the Chinese writing system and written language had on the development on the spoken language?	17	AskHistorians
Eurasian cultures have historically eaten a wide variety of grains, but in recent centuries wheat, rice and maize have all but displaced their competitors. What happened to them? How has this impacted our diet and cuisines?	16	AskHistorians
Pan-Arab Nationalism in its heyday always seems to have held more sway in the western Arab states, and much less in the Gulf. Why is that? Have Gulf Arabs historically seen themselves as separate to the rest of the Arab world?	15	AskHistorians
Why do some academics intersperse French words into their writing?	15	AskHistorians
What's the difference between 1G, 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G and 6G?	15	askscience
How important was wheat or non-rice grains in Japanese food before the introduction of Western cuisine?	14	AskHistorians
Why has the Mezzogiorno historically lagged behind Northern Italy?	13	AskHistorians
How seriously is the Xiongnu = Huns theory taken? What implications does it have for Eurasian history?	12	AskHistorians