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Help identify Venetian headpiece
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Why was the “Cave of the Patriarchs” forbidden to Jews?
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What are the safeguards in the German constitution of 1949 against dictatorship?
Awarded Oct 15 at 14:50
How long would it take to build 30 miles of Roman road?
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What is the meaning of this short passage in Thomas Carlyle's 'French Revolution'? [closed]
Awarded Oct 15 at 14:25
Was Hitler exclaiming “Heil Hitler!” himself when saluting?
Awarded Oct 15 at 7:20
Just how fanciful is Egyptology?
Awarded Oct 14 at 12:40
Why didn't Aboriginal Australians invent agriculture?
Awarded Oct 14 at 7:20
What are the red and white sectors of The Tower of Babel (Rotterdam)?
Awarded Oct 11 at 14:10
What are the Ancient Egyptian words for these concepts?
Awarded Oct 11 at 7:35
How were Kurds involved (or not) in the invasion of Normandy?
Awarded Oct 10 at 12:40
Why was the Deutschland so ineffective compared to the Admiral Graf Spee and the Admiral Scheer
Awarded Oct 8 at 21:35
Which culture used no personal names?
Awarded Oct 8 at 6:50
Are there examples of cities planned for urban combat that actually experienced it?
Awarded Oct 6 at 17:30
Are there examples of wrong / inaccurate translations that had a major impact?
Awarded Oct 6 at 13:10
What were the divisions of the city of Paris between the 12th and 13th centuries?
Awarded Oct 4 at 19:15
Usability of fingerprints on ancient objects
Awarded Oct 4 at 11:20
How useful are mythological king lists and geneologies for historians? [closed]
Awarded Oct 3 at 14:05
How would a 16-17th Century European Rapier have been made?
Awarded Oct 1 at 14:40
How close would a peasant from middle ages England ever come to interacting with the king?
Awarded Sep 28 at 21:30
Which historical developments led to mankind becoming ingenious towards todays exponential growth? [closed]
Awarded Sep 27 at 12:40
Would Victorian era British soldiers wear their short sword bayonets while wearing uniform when off duty?
Awarded Sep 27 at 6:35
Is there an example of one picture painted by different painters?
Awarded Sep 25 at 21:20
Who were the victims of the 1907 Tiflis bank robbery?
Awarded Sep 25 at 16:00
Where was the Barberini psalter created?
Awarded Sep 24 at 12:35
Are there any examples of California gold rush prospectors becoming exceedingly wealthy due to their claim(s)?
Awarded Sep 23 at 16:30
Why was silage only invented in the 19th Century?
Awarded Sep 22 at 8:10
How were concussions treated in late 19th-century America?
Awarded Sep 18 at 5:25
Who was Chief Poking Fire?
Awarded Sep 17 at 22:30
Where did Otto von Bismarck say “lying awake all night, hating”?
Awarded Sep 16 at 13:30
Did slaves have slaves?
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What were the rules of the migration to the Louisiana Territory in USA?
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Did ancient people regularly suffer from colds?
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Did ancient Romans have a religion that involved a “fish hat”?
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What did Lord Carnarvon study at Trinity College Cambridge?
Awarded Sep 13 at 10:55
How long did men have to serve in the US army until they were promoted to sergeants during WW2?
Awarded Sep 12 at 21:40
Where can I find information about “stone power” / lapidaire?
Awarded Sep 11 at 12:10
Does anyone know anything about this poem
Awarded Sep 10 at 18:55
Is there any idea of why Cao Cao's parents would give him a nearly identical name to the family name?
Awarded Sep 10 at 1:00
What alphabet is this?
Awarded Sep 9 at 11:45
Why was “leaping into the river” a valid trial outcome to prove one's innocence?
Awarded Sep 8 at 15:00
What caused the increase in world population rate around 1700's?
Awarded Sep 8 at 13:15
What drugs were used in England during the High Middle Ages?
Awarded Sep 8 at 7:50
Gregorian dating in the Julian time period?
Awarded Sep 6 at 2:05
Why has English become the global language?
Awarded Sep 6 at 0:40
How were large monetary transactions conducted in medieval Europe?
Awarded Sep 5 at 16:05
Are there any writings by blinded and/or exiled Byzantine emperors?
Awarded Sep 5 at 9:05
Who are these people in this satirical cartoon of the Congress of Verona?
Awarded Sep 5 at 2:05
During the 1930-40s - World War 2 - were children taught English in Nazi Germany?
Awarded Sep 5 at 1:15
During the Soviet era, were people charged with crimes able to hire lawyers of their own?
Awarded Sep 4 at 12:40
How was the black death spread? [closed]
Awarded Sep 3 at 12:05
What are some instances of professional army funding being stolen in full?
Awarded Sep 1 at 22:05
What did the battle order of a deployed Roman legion look like?
Awarded Sep 1 at 11:00
Why did Hitler order counter-attacks as late as 21/04?
Awarded Aug 29 at 17:40
When did inadequate or inaccurate maps produce important historical consequences?
Awarded Aug 27 at 22:25
Did the ancients build elaborate, automated traps?
Awarded Aug 27 at 19:55
Were there any top Nazi generals who opposed the idea to invade the USSR?
Awarded Aug 27 at 7:50
Why in most German places is the church the tallest building?
Awarded Aug 26 at 7:10
Who was the most successful German spy against Great Britain in WWII, from the contemporary German perspective?
Awarded Aug 25 at 17:00
What is the diplomatic record on President Sadat's 1971 peace offer to Israel?
Awarded Aug 24 at 3:30
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