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The compound recurve bows the Mongols used also had superior range to bows used by others. Mounted archers are one of the most effective troop detachments ever invented because they combine speed, mobility, and range. One favorite tactic of the Mongols that confounded their Western opponents was the fake retreat: the Mongols would pretend to run from battle, their opponents would give chase, and then the Mongols would turn and send back a hail of arrows.
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The Athenians: "Why, thank you." Man-boy love was celebrated in the ancient classical world, not romantic love between a man and a woman. The ancient Hellenes didn't have a concept of "homosexuality" as such.
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He's got gambling debts. They break your kneecaps if you don't pay.
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He needs a wine sponsor to complete the motif
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Probably got paid by the word and was trying to pad the invoice.
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I doubt Simon will ever tackle either Dahomey or Ashanti, two West African kingdoms that were responsible for kidnapping and selling 20 million of their fellow Africans into the transAtlantic slave trade. Not politically correct to remind us that without the enthusiastic cooperation of these African kingdoms (and others), the slave trade wouldn't have thrived to the degree that it did.
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FAST FORWARD 1000 YEARS: This man "Simon" was apparently omnipresent and required to be in every non-fiction Youtube video. Who was this person? Or was he flesh and blood at all? This is a mystery archaeologists have yet to solve--
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ME: dies ME: wakes up in Heaven SIMON: I'm Simon Whistler and I'm your guide, with ten amazing facts about the Afterlife! ME: Dude, you are EVERYWHERE.
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