Does anyone have good source recommendations for Slavic Mythology?
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How Popular Would Novels Like the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or the Water Margin Have Been Upon Their Release?
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When and Why Have the Thai Adopted Their Solar Calendar?
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In 1864 Venezuela Became the First Still Extant Nation State To Abolish the Death Penalty. Why Did They Do This and How?
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What Evidence Do We Have for the Existence of the Xia Dynasty (夏朝)?
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Ma Barker, Matriarch of the Barker crime family, or possibly not, what's the truth?
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Where has the Parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant come from?
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How do we collect and document oral histories and folklore?
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Why did the Meiji government ban Tattoos?
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Where does the Maneki Neko come from?
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Betamax Vs VHS. Why did Betamax lose?
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Around 5% of Modern Thailand is Sunni Muslim, how did this come to pass?
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To those familiar with Georgr Coedes, how is his work on southeast Asia viewed today?
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Where did the Thai script Originate?
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Of what value is an older outdated secondary source?
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What did the relationship between the Sukhothai Kingdom and the Khmer Empire look like?
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In the 1600s Siam and Japan appear to have had very close ties but all came crashing down in the 1630s, what allowed this relationship to form, and why did it so swiftly seem to end?
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The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance is the oldest alliance still active in the world, but how did it come to be and how has it lasted so long?
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Does anyone have any recommendations for books regarding Afro-Cuban religions?
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I have seen a claim that Machiavellis Magnum Opus "The Prince" is a satire. To what extent is this true?
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Where has the Krasue originated from and how has the myth spread across southeast Asia?
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What is the origin of the myth of Mae Nak (แม่นากพระโขนง)?
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How did the Triads form?
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What's the origin of Hanafuda?
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How would the Ancient Egyptians have spent their free time?
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