Why did Mongol culture and language never spread outside of the Mongolian homeland despite it being the world’s largest contiguous Empire in history?

In comparison to the Turks, whose culture flourishes even today in lands far away from the Turkish homeland.

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Why didnt the Allies use gas or other chemical agents during WW1? And how seriously was it considered?

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During the Spanish Civil War, I am an American member of the International Brigades. When we lose the war, I am taken prisoner. What happens to me, as a foreigner?

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Before the American Revolution, were the british colonies in the north ("Canada") legally different from the colonies in the south (the 13 colonies)?

Were they popularly seen or percieved as different? Did they have a different legal status? etc

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Why is the range of dates for the Paleolithic Age so broad, and why are later ages divided into much shorter spans of time?

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From the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, to the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783, what was the American Revolution like? Was there any fighting or major events?

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Was there any support from within the Conservative Party for preserving the postwar rationing system in Britain (which Labour wanted to preserve indefinitely)?

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What happened to dukes, counts and barons in England? Do they still own vast tracts of land?

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Is there any English translation of the New (or Old) Book of Tang in existence?

I have been trying to locate a translation of either book for some time to no success. The only instance I have found is one on Amazon that clearly is just the result of putting the books through Google Translate.

I have a strong interest in the Tang Dynasty and as such would benefit greatly from access to either of these books.

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How did Carthage go about consolidating and governing the varied Phoenician/Punic settlements around the Mediterranean after Phoenicia proper ceased to be the area of the strongest Phoenician power?

I know that Carthage and the other Western colonies saw waves of settlement from Phoenicia after successive empires put tighter and tighter control over Phoenicia (Assyria, followed by Babylon, then Achaemenid control). Over time greater numbers of Phoenicians brought their wealth and power to the West, primarily to Carthage. But at what point pre-Punic Wars did the city start to become imperial in character? How and when did they start to exert more and more control over their sister colonies and trading centres around the Mediterranean?

Did they appoint governors directly, or allow internal autonomy while controlling external policy over their kin in the other Phoenician/Punic cities in the Western Mediterranean?

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When and who decided what “year” it was?

We’re in 2019. When was it decided that this year it would be 2019? Who decided it?

Basically, I’m looking for when we started counting. Did Columbus know it was 1492 when he sailed the ocean blue? Did the Romans know it was 45 BC and they were curious as to what the fuck would happen when they hit year 0?

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Presume I'm an English speaking time traveler looking to go back in time. About how far back can I go and still have a (relatively) normal conversation with the people of the day?

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How did women handle periods in the Middle Ages?

Like did they create some kind of pads? Or just bleed all day?

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Why did Suriname obtain independence from the Netherlands in 1975 but Curacao and Aruba did not?

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Is the any more history on "money digging" and the "magic" that Joseph Smith(Mormonism) supposedly used to scam others?

I recently listened to the 5 part serries on Mormonism by 'The last podcast on the left' and they talked about how in Joseph Smith's early days he participated in treasure hunting and how the movement often did "magic"to find treasure. I find this so fascinating in a quirky kind of way, but I can't find any history on it that isn't funded by the Mormon church.

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How was it not clear to Napoleon that he was being led into a trap by Czar Alexander?

I realize hindsight is 20/20, but it puzzles me that such a great military mind didn’t question the fact that the Russians were making the land barren and retreating again and again. Is there any insight into Napoleon’s mindset that makes this strategic error more explainable?

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Could Alexander the Great have accomplished what he did without Phillip II?

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Bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima?

Why was the U.S. never tried for the intentional bombing of civilians of these 2 cities? I hear the bombing helped to end the war quickly but couldn't that excuse be used in every war that had civilian casualties?

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How did Australia remain so seperate from the world for so long?

The first European record of Australia is 1606, i cant find a Asian record of Austrailia, but it seems like the Makassar people would fish off the north coast of Austraila in the early 1700s but I can't find anything referencing earlier. The Majapahit empire extended to timor at its peak. Which isnt too far off the coast of austrailia and there are plenty of small islands in between that would allow island hopping. Its seems like it would have be so easy for Australia to begin trading with the kingdoms in south east asia so why did it seemingly just not happen?

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Was Ernst Röhm gay or just a accusation for justifying his downfall by Hitler?

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What and how does it take to be history learner ?

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."-George Santayana. Many peoples in my school/at the city don't care

about history , they only talk about the present and the future.

And i often get mocked for learning about history things and being proud of it some them are (what the point of learning history you're just wasting you're time instead of doing fun things),but as the Quote above says , i don't really care about them mocking me cause the only loser will be me cause i might get sad and leave history and be one of them.

I have my view of the world and i want to share it with all of the people and for that i need to learn history,so where i can start? P.s(high school student (last year) 17y/o some information about if that might help

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How common was illegal drinking during the prohibition era? Would the "average joe" have been frequenting speakeasies or was this something mainly done by an already more criminal crowd?

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During the Inquisition or "witch hunts" of history, were any men ever found to be witches? Were men investigated at all or was it female only?

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How did the change in the Western economy, moving from Mercantilism to “free-market trade,” affect the development of political conflicts by participants?

How did the change in the Western economy, moving from Mercantilism to “free-market trade,” affect the development of political conflicts by participants?

I am really confused about this question and cannot find much information about it from my course or from the internet. Can anyone please help me?

Thank you

-Arthur

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How come there are so many sanmarinese in Argentina?

So after visiting the microstate of San Marino this summer I decided to read up a bit on the country and it's people (fancily titled Italians /s). When I checked the page for Sanmarinese people on Wikipedia I noticed a section of their diaspora was included. Now, there are basically just about 50k people of sanmarinese origin in the world today, and of those almost 1.5k live in Argentina. This kind of baffled since argentina is so far away and different in culture from San marino (sure, they are both speak romance languages, but that's pretty much it). I can see why there are significant populations in Italy (obviously), France and the US, but Argentina? I did a lot of searches but all could find was pages giving the same facts without any reasoning behind it.

So does anyone have a clue how this can be? Why does 3% of an Italian micronation's people live in south america? Are they known to have good diplomatic relations? Is there a problem with the definition for Sanmarinese person? Or has someone gotten just gotten the wrong info?

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