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Did Near East/Aegean Bronze Age kings/chieftains fight alongside their warriors?
The Iran-Iraq war is famous for being the only war with Attack Helicopter on Attack Helicopter combat;
What happened to Iraq’s Attack Helicopters in the Gulf War?
When was the last famine in Wales? The last peacetime famine in the Netherlands was in the 1590s, in England in the 1620s, in lowland Scotland in the 1690s, Ireland's last famine is famous, but when was the last Welsh one?
I'm looking for a good book on the post-war French right. How do the Le Pens and that guy that killed himself in Notre Dame connect? What happened to Vichy supporters after the war? I've read a bunch of longreads but would like something more definitive and substantive.
Are questions about the subreddit allowed here? I'm trying to find a specific post but I'm not having any luck.
I'm writing a work of fiction, and I need a word. I was the word to be contemporaneous with the Old Testament, but not from any of the cultures that are actually portrayed in the Old Testament. The word is going to be a proper name, and it's for someone who is destined to be a great leader, but in a sad way. So "Messiah" would be a good word, except the Jews are pretty prominent in the Old Testament. What else ya got?
Looking for sources - are there any (English language, though German would also be helpful) recommended sources for history of Zizkov in Prague between 1922-1945? Looking particularly for information on communist activity within the neighborhood but running into the problem of "not reading Czech".
Are there any historical examples of religious unification? IE an organized religion that splits into factions for some reason, later recombining? Like if the Church of England's were to rejoin the Catholic Church.
The Birka female Viking warrior grave: Do any of the bones show signs that the deceased was indeed a warrior? ie. healed fractures, dents, scars etc.?
Were slaved who died before Emancipation given legal free-status posthumously, or are they known as property forever?
Hello. I've read Peter Harmsen's book Shanghai 1937 - Stalingrad on the Yangtze and liked it very much. Are there any other books that follow a chronological narrative on the subject of the Second Sino-Japanese war that you can recommend?
Hello! Wondering if there are any quality biographies on Ptolemy I Soter?
Can anyone give me a ballpark estimate for how many slaves were born in plantations in the Americas?
What is the earliest religion we know about or have some evidence about and in what form is this evidence? (Writing/symbols/graves/etc.)
Also what is its name in English (if it has one)?
I stumbled across an article that said the Vietnamese boat people rioted in Kai tak , I wanted to read more about it but there seems to be exactly 0 information online. Did it happen? Where can I read more ?
Hi! Why are roses an image associated with Social Democracy and Democratic Socialism?
Has any country ever reduced or eliminated socialism without being prompted by bloodshed or a large number of deaths (from factors like famine, that could have arguably been avoided by not being socialist at the time)?
When two countries were at war during the Middle Ages, how would the lives of the citizens of those country be affected? What changes would come in their lifestyles?
Does anyone have any good recommendations for books about the french resistance or any partisan resistance to Nazi occupation?
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