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What kind of football was played in 645 Japan?
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Did the people who jumped from the World Trade Center during 9/11 lose their life insurance policy due to committing suicide?
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How did the Japanese populace view the emperor during the Edo Period?
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Are there any accounts written by torturers on their actions?
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How were taxes collected for traveling merchants in the middle ages?
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How can I evaluate the relative fiscal burden on different groups in the US, for various periods between 1790 and 1846?
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How did sugar go from a luxury to a necessity in 18th century?
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How to identify this probably French Military uniform?
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Is there a term for the principle of preferring earlier statements over later statements made by historical eye witnesses?
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Is Josephus' account for the length of the Jewish War generally accepted as correct?
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How realistic is the food consumption in Astrid Lindgrens 'Emil of Lönneberga' books?
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Since when is the Nile Delta known as “Delta”?
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Was Wilhelm II aware of the Franco-Russian Military Convention 1892?
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Did German submarines communicate with allied convoys during battle?
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How many days have elapsed since October 23, 4004 B.C.?
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How did smaller feudal vassal realms survive a war or raid?
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What do subjects in Hellenistic and Renaissance art suggest about the average human physique throughout history?
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Which head of state had the most gaps in their rule?
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If a merchant ship captain joined the Royal Navy during the age of sail, would they be put in command?
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In the past, why was timezone change based on year? [closed]
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Identify tank or artillery shell
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What was Wilhelm II's “book about the causes of the war”?
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How were false US flags identified on slave ships in the transatlantic slave trade?
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What is the purpose of this Roman siege tactic as shown in this Illustration?
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Why did Teddy Roosevelt have his second wedding in London? [closed]
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How deep would a Roman Marian cohort's battle line be, in a melee?
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Did any of the Flying Tigers lead a US Navy squadron?
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How did slavery become permissible in the French West Indies when it was forbidden in France?
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Which countries protested against the Anschluss?
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What were common crew ranks on US Navy flying boats and bombers?
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Why did the USSR have two sources of currency?
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Was Switzerland really impossible to invade during WW2?
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What was the average age of tank crews, in particular commanders, in WW2?
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Do we know anything in detail about the effect of the black death on Sub-Saharan Africa?
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What's the difference between Country Born and Mulatto people in the 18th century New England?
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How did the Boston Tea Party protest affect the British?
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What are the earliest traces of slavery?
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Before television sets became commonplace, did people generally watch movies only once?
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What do the numbers on this 1960s anti-integration sign mean?
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Why are church reformist centers all outside the boundary of the original Roman Empire?
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How did the layout of a Medieval European village typically change as it grew into a town?
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Did Nathan Bedford Forrest wear a wig or dye his hair?
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What is the difference between a typescript and manuscript? [closed]
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Did the deity “Horus” pre-date “Horus-Aha”?
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How were ship kills accounted in WWII?
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How are Julian and Gregorian dates usually represented in historical works?
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Was swordsmanship important in the American Civil War?
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When was the first time Rome was mentioned in outside records (and specifically, in Greek ones)?
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Did pirates call themselves pirates?
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Why do we study Mughals as part of medieval history of India and European conquest as modern India? [closed]
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What is the reason for: “Risk taking must focus on winning rather than preventing defeat” in US Army Operations guides?
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When did Cicero Minor die?
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How are historical nutrition data gathered?
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Help on finding out about a sword
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How did pagination come to be used?
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What group is identified by the term “Egyptians” in the Flushing Remonstrance?
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Why is the storming of the Bastille considered the start of revolution, and not the storming of the Hôtel des Invalides?
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What was life like for Australian convicts in the last few decades of transportation?
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How does one wash with sand?
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