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What is the earliest reference to playing chess with Death?

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Who was Colonel Palmer of the Mitla Pass?

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Where is the other surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party?

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Why did epidemic disease spread only from Europe to America and not both ways in the Columbian Exchange?

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Can you identify these historic tools?

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Other than the gods' names, what were the major differences between the Greek and Roman pantheons?

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Which text asserts that "An assembly with no minority/opposition should be dissolved"?

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Why did Subhas Chandra Bose lay the foundation of the Forward Bloc within the Indian National Congress, and not outside it?

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Between Israel and Palestine, who has the deepest historical connection to the land that is now modern day Israel? [closed]

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What was the social and cultural role of a "country squire" in Victorian/Edwardian England?

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Why did the Mughals call themselves "Gurkani" when Babur himself was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan?

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Why did the pre-Islamic Arabs identify themselves as descendents of Ishmael?

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When did the Toronto Club become gender neutral? [closed]

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Are there any confirmed accounts of ancient Greek or Roman mathematicians owning slaves?

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What is this kind of supply package called?

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What methods were used for onboard ship communication during WW2?

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What is the significance of three-side gallows in 17th Century Netherlands?

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Fountains, but no indoor plumbing?

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Did J. Robert Oppenheimer ever play chess?

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Is there evidence of ancient Chinese exploration of Australia?

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Which general of ancient Chinese army was training concubines to march?

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How common was actually sacking a city in warfare? [closed]

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What was the first instance of Native Americans using gunpowder weapons in battle and did they ever make their own powder?

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Has a region/territory/country using the Western 7-day week ever got 'out-of-sync' for the day of the week?

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What is the earliest known historical reference to Tutankhamun?

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How effective were early modern hand grenades?

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What ship is this and which military campaign?

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What American military strategist is Yves de Gaulle referring to?

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What was the process used to decide on the name of the US capital, Washington DC?

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What could be the origin of this polychrome wooden statue?

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Were regular citizens of the Republic of Venice permitted to own and carry arms/weapons?

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Why did Napoleon divide his army during the retreat from Smolensk?

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reichsprotektorat vs reichskommissariat [closed]

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When and where were British pub games first played?

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Are there any historical rulers who have built and destroyed their own domain? [closed]

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What is the work Academicorum Philosophorum Index Herculanensis, and how reliable is it?

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Was possession of a radio forbidden in Greece in 1930s?

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What was Iceland officially & commonly called before 1918 (1874~)?

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Is there a Mongolian ritual of throwing water in front of someone departing on a journey?

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Was silent reading or reading aloud the norm in pre-modern (esp. Tang through Ming eras) China?

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How were old wooden warships with structural damage to the hull repaired at dock?

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What is the deal with the historical analysis of the present time? [closed]

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Famous Dalgety officer in the Great Boer War by Conan Doyle?

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What is the first documented mention of female period loss (amenorrhea)?


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