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How did most of the scriptures cited by Plutarch in his Moralia (the second century?) survive? (i.e. Thucydides, Homer, Euripides, Aristophanes, Hesiod, Plato et al.)

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Arabia: There seems to have been a Golden Age (Saba, Himyar, Nabateans, the Ghassanids) lasting roughly from the Roman Era until 50 years before the Rise of Islam. Has the downfall been influenced by external factors such as changing weather or trade routes? How is all of it related to Mohammed?

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Is all pre-modern non-western historiography as terrible as it is said to be by non-connoisseurs?

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When facing a random winged hussar from the 17th century (Poland-Lithuania), which language would I have to speak?

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How and when have such sculptures as the dying Gaul, the seated Gaul or the Ludovisi Gaul been identified as Gauls?

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Buddhist scriptures are studied in monasteries and the Christians and Muslims have one canonical gospel. How did the Hindu scriptures survive through the millenia?

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in 1932 the French president Paul Doumer was shot and killed by a Russian emigré angered by his supposed appeasement of the communists in Soviet Russia. Did it influence the French stance to the USSR?

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We all know that the USPD and the Bolsheviks were opposed to WW1 on the left. Has there been any sizeable opposition/peace movement on the right?

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Has the Western Church always been conservative about using anything but Latin or is this purism a reaction to the Luther bible and the Reformation?

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Would the Soviet Union (and China) fare economically much better if not for the fascist onslaught in the 30s and 40s?

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How did most of the scriptures cited by Plutarch in his Moralia (the second century?) survive? (i.e. Thucydides, Homer, Euripides, Aristophanes, Hesiod, Plato et al.)	4
Arabia: There seems to have been a Golden Age (Saba, Himyar, Nabateans, the Ghassanids) lasting roughly from the Roman Era until 50 years before the Rise of Islam. Has the downfall been influenced by external factors such as changing weather or trade routes? How is all of it related to Mohammed?	4
Is all pre-modern non-western historiography as terrible as it is said to be by non-connoisseurs?	3
When facing a random winged hussar from the 17th century (Poland-Lithuania), which language would I have to speak?	3
How and when have such sculptures as the dying Gaul, the seated Gaul or the Ludovisi Gaul been identified as Gauls?	3
Buddhist scriptures are studied in monasteries and the Christians and Muslims have one canonical gospel. How did the Hindu scriptures survive through the millenia?	3
in 1932 the French president Paul Doumer was shot and killed by a Russian emigré angered by his supposed appeasement of the communists in Soviet Russia. Did it influence the French stance to the USSR?	2
We all know that the USPD and the Bolsheviks were opposed to WW1 on the left. Has there been any sizeable opposition/peace movement on the right?	2
Has the Western Church always been conservative about using anything but Latin or is this purism a reaction to the Luther bible and the Reformation?	2
Would the Soviet Union (and China) fare economically much better if not for the fascist onslaught in the 30s and 40s?	1