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    Origins of European rivers' names

    I remember reading about the origins of the Celts in an Irish book. It was referring to 3 "D" rivers that the auther was suggesting linked them to Danube, Don, and Dan, or somthing. Do you know which these are and what their Celtic names were, and if they represented Gods or what?
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    Are national cultures fashioned by their country's Golden Age ?

    Ive wondered about this also. These are pretty broad. If you write on this with research let me know. Ill read it. Here are some points tho... Japan had Tokugawa and Heian periods before. Isn't the period of Genji most fundamental to their modern idea of old? And the people writing...
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    Fathers and Sons in History

    1. Know of any 3 generation lines of success/missuccess? 2. Know of any other famous cases of dynastic succession gone right? Pippin Short to Charles Phillip II to Alexander of Macedon (But younger brother) Olaf to Harold Hadrada I'd like to have more of these to look at. There are lots of 2...
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    Trading Ports Boom - Frisian Franks, Venicians, Ottonians, Phoenicians

    1. Can you name other cities or regions that spawned an empire (and dominant city) from a trading imporia? Whether at sea or not...?
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