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Are there any examples of technologies have been lost over time? [closed]

technology

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Why command hierarchy, if the chain of command is standing next to each other?

military victorian

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Why couldn't soldiers sight their own weapons without officers' orders?

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Why does Japan use the same type of AC power outlet as the US?

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Has there ever been a truly bilingual country prior to the contemporary period? [on hold]

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Did Pope Urban II issue the papal bull “terra nullius” in 1095?

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How would a family travel from Indiana to Texas in 1911?

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answered Aug 11 at 22:29 Patricia 171

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How did the Axis intend to hold the Caucasus?

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modified Jul 30 at 15:08 Dean MacGregor 105

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What should I call bands of armed men in the Middle Ages?

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answered Aug 13 at 3:55 RW Hooper 21

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Did Vladimir Lenin have a cat?

lenin

modified Jul 30 at 19:35 Timothy 3,275

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What is a “staved” town, like in “Staverton”?

england

modified Jul 23 at 10:22 LangLangC 35.1k

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Earliest evidence of objects intended for future archaeologists?

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answered yesterday RonJohn 260

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Was Richard I's imprisonment by Leopold of Austria justified?

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modified Aug 13 at 14:38 Martin Schröder 547

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Did the Americans trade destroyers in the “destroyer deal” that they would later need themselves?

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modified Jul 29 at 20:14 Schwern 38.2k

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Why didn't Britain or any other European power colonize Abyssinia/Ethiopia before 1936?

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modified Jul 29 at 10:30 Mark C. Wallace♦ 24.4k

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Why do all my history books divide Chinese history after the Han dynasty?

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modified Jul 28 at 18:22 MAGolding 8,308

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Why didn’t Christianity spread southwards from Ethiopia in the Middle Ages?

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modified Jul 31 at 17:27 Timothy 3,275

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Any information about the photo with Army Uniforms

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modified Aug 7 at 11:14 denh 78

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What are these hats and the function of those wearing them (worn by the Russian imperial army at Borodino)?

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modified Aug 2 at 22:40 Rewan Demontay 137

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How many British prisoners of war were taken by the Wehrmacht and how many died?

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modified Aug 14 at 13:20 Alan Glew 1

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Which Roman general was killed by his own soldiers for not letting them to loot a newly conquered city?

rome

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What date did Henry Morgan capture his most famous flagship, the “Satisfaction”?

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modified Aug 6 at 12:44 Lars Bosteen 53.7k

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Did the USA have a plan to defeat Germany without Britain?

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modified Aug 7 at 23:04 John Dallman 18.7k

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Who said “one can be a powerful king with a very small sceptre”?

france quotes louis-xiv

modified Jul 31 at 2:27 Lars Bosteen 53.7k

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Why did sailing ships so often employ Chinese cooks?

china food age-of-sail labour-history

modified Jul 31 at 18:00 Aaron Brick 15.1k

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Why did conquered countries after WWII recover, but countries conquered later continue suffering? [closed]

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modified Jul 23 at 1:37 axsvl77 5,062

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What does this quote from the Roman imperial poet Rutilius mean?

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modified Aug 12 at 12:18 Lars Bosteen 53.7k

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What is the full text of the song about the failed battle of Kiska?

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Was WW2 necessary for Germany economically?

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Were war horses unable to graze naturally in grass fields and so needed to be feed manually with exclusive type of hay?

middle-ages

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What factors explain Indian territorial restraint towards Pakistani occupied Kashmir despite military success against Pakistan?

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Why are there shields present on the sides of Henry VIII ships, did they serve any function or was it pure decoration?

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modified Aug 5 at 12:30 Lars Bosteen 53.7k

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Why did officers fire revolvers with just one hand, while wielding a sword in the other hand despite being too far away to use swords?

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modified Aug 9 at 0:37 Pieter Geerkens 44.7k

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How strongly defended was Baku in 1942?

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modified Jul 23 at 17:51 LangLangC 35.1k

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Was Operation Kugelblitz really a success for the partisans?

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modified Jul 26 at 14:14 Lars Bosteen 53.7k

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How serious was the initiative to create “One World Airline”?

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modified Aug 15 at 3:24 Semaphore♦ 80.4k

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What kind of bullet did I find in Swiss glacial ice?

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When was the last time a country acquired territory by buying land from another country?

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When in September 1939 did the British diplomatic mission leave Warsaw?

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What is the original German version of Bismarck's phrase about intentions and capabilities?

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Did the Portuguese get anything in return when they handed back Macau?

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modified Jul 31 at 9:46 Rodrigo de Azevedo 366

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What was the technology in pre-war traffic recorders?

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answered Aug 4 at 3:30 justCal 21.5k

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Where can I find maps and other historical resources / references of Calcutta / Kolkata in the Victorian era?

india

modified Jul 23 at 14:20 Lars Bosteen 53.7k

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Was Queen Elizabeth II ever the head of state of Namibia?

international-relations monarchy south-africa decolonization

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Was WWII Systemic Drug Use by Axis and Allies Supported By Scholarship?

world-war-two drugs

modified Aug 10 at 19:05 JMS 17.2k

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What kind of uniform is this? (Circa 1940s, possibly Israeli)

military identification uniform

modified Aug 8 at 14:22 justCal 21.5k

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