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    Red Sonja License

    Entry for the 2008 version is now on-line: http://imdb.com/title/tt0800175/ Not much to see yet.
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    African weaponry?

    Might be a good start: http://www.hamillgallery.com/SITE/Weapons.html
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    Names and Symbols in Conan

    Conan said "sa-ha!" in Black Colossus.
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    Barbaric vs Civilized

    Howard was riffing on the same idealistic "Noble Savage" myth that Burroughs was working with Tarzan and others. Any anthropologist can tell you that "primitive" tribal people are far more complex than this, and in fact one group might be "noble" in this, but not so "noble" in that, while an...
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    Barbaric vs Civilized

    Lewis Henry Morgan: http://tinyurl.com/mezwa There's more in his book Ancient Society.
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    Population in countries

    I agree that the numbers are too big. These days, our technology can support many more people per square mile than the technology in earlier days. Europe today doesn't have a fraction of the wilderness that it did even a few centuries ago.
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    Month names in hyborian age

    I think Yuluk comes from a Turkish word or name. Can anyone confirm?
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    Language Barriers

    That's quite accurate, actually.
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    Conan Cartoon

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485621/ Should be released to DVD sometime in 2006.
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    Bran Mak Morn pastiche: Legion from the Shadows

    I would suggest reading the Del Rey volume of Bran tales by REH first.
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    What's cool in Stygia?

    It's actually rather warm in Stygia, being a desert country.
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    Red Nails to become an animated film?!

    Check this: http://conanrednails.com/ I can't seem to find anything on this Steve Gold character.
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    Free Companies Unit questions

    In modern battle order, a sergeant usually leads a squad. 100 soldiers is equivalent to a modern company, which would be led by an officer, usually a captain. If you are asking which REH story it is described in, then your answer would be none. I know not of pastiche which offers more detail.
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    What Robert Howard means to me

    Every year, Bjorn. You going?
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