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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Historical Questions Thread
 
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Xander77
Apr 6, 2009

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 Why did communism never find much success in America in general, and among Afro-Americans in particular? A bastardized version of Islam being more popular just strikes me as... odd.

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Xander77
Apr 6, 2009

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 Is there a direct correlation between how difficult bright colors are to obtain, and the garishness of upper-class clothing, or are things a bit more complex than that?

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Xander77
Apr 6, 2009

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 With the possible exception of Alexander, was there any single person before Genghis Khan who looked at the world at large and decided to conquer, like, all of it? Do we have any feasible theories that would explain how / why he decided to just keep conquering for as long as there was conquering to be had?

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Xander77
Apr 6, 2009

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Schizotek posted:

Cyrus II. Phillip II who's army and plans Alexander inherited in the first place.
Really? I was under the impression that Cyrus 2 just expanded the Persian empire (a fair bit, but not to world-conquering degree) and Phillip's plans were basically limited to taking over that same empire.

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Xander77
Apr 6, 2009

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Randarkman posted:

You're probably thinking of the first Darius. Cyrus was as others have said.

I was actually thinking "oh yeah, the successor to Cyrus the Great", so probably Cambyses II. Presumably I just read a whole bunch of sources that rarely or never referred to Cyrus the Great as Cyrus II? Embarrassing.

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