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How was Rome able to conscript and equip 400k soldiers during 2nd Punic War in a pre-industrial society?
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How important was the US steel industry to the allies during World War II?
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When was Joseph Alsop article 'Another Hitler-Time?' published in the Washington Post?
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What is this glyph on Feb 23 1940 in a Finnish military calendar?
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Who was the first person to get a more accurate measure of the earth's circumference than Eratosthenes?
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What was this television history series?
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Was this device created in the 15th or 18th century and what was it really used for?
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Have there been any plausible reports of killing polar bears with a bone spring?
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What was the original title of Jewish kings? [closed]
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Did the Romans import worship in response to plagues?
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What is the ancient Egyptian term for 'tomb raiders'?
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Why didn't the promise of the imminent Green Revolution forestall German territorial ambitions just before World War 2? [closed]
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What was the economic incentive for "redlining"?
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What is/was a 'cardsetting engine'?
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What was the total army strength of the Byzantine empire under Justinian?
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Did Octavian Augustus have a famous horse?
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What kind of siege weapons were used during Punic wars?
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Why didn’t Herbert Hoover’s residency in London during and after WWI disqualify him from becoming President?
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What is this object?
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What script would Homer have used?
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Why the imbalance of casualties in WW 1?
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Did the USSR have any position on global warming? [closed]
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Did the Romans reuse crosses for crucifixion punishment or it was one time use (1st century Jerusalem) ? I need verified sources on this
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How could someone claim benefit of clergy after an act of attainder?
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Did the Egyptians grow beans during the time when the pyramids were built?
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What is this seal that looks like a bell?
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What was John Adams' quote about his influence on American history?
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Were women in 1st century Israel not trusted as witnesses in court?
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Was Goryeo part of the Mongol empire?
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Is it likely that Abraham Lincoln knew about the Pyramids at Giza? [closed]
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Why was Cuba not colonized by European empires other than Spain? [closed]
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German influence in Strasbourg [closed]
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What was the physical appearance of Theodoric I, the King of the Visigoths?
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Which artist had a special exhibition in the Kunstmuseum Bonn in summer 2012?
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Where, other than Voltaire, are there other references to "cat's eyes" in 18th century Europe?
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Why are Spanish cultures labeled as 'Latin' today, but Italian and eastern Europe cultures aren't?
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Is there a database of alliances between historical figures?
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Is this apparent story about how Julius Caesar selected soldiers true?
Awarded Dec 12, 2023 at 9:32
Where can I find a detailed map of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Rotenburg as it existed in 1648?
Awarded Dec 9, 2023 at 21:07
What would have kept Clement V from instigating a popular revolt against Philip V?
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What's this item?
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What is the earliest reference to playing chess with Death?
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Why were Muslims in Western Thrace and Christians in Constantinople excluded from the population exchange?
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What are these historic tools?
Awarded Nov 29, 2023 at 15:01
Why did epidemic disease spread only from Europe to America and not both ways in the Columbian Exchange? [duplicate]
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When did the Toronto Club become gender neutral? [closed]
Awarded Nov 28, 2023 at 15:04
What is the work Academicorum Philosophorum Index Herculanensis, and how reliable is it?
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Battle of Ulm: why did general Mack surrender to Napoleon instead of retreating to Ulm and wait for the Russian Army?
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What was Iceland officially & commonly called before 1918 (1874~)?
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What is the earliest known historical reference to Tutankhamun?
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Are there any confirmed accounts of ancient Greek or Roman mathematicians owning slaves?
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Do we know how many dead people were _already_ aboard the Titanic when she hit the iceberg?
Awarded Nov 10, 2023 at 11:42
Was there a battle at "Wodziki" in October 1914?
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What was Portugal and Spain's primary export which sparked their trade with Africa in the early 15th century?
Awarded Nov 3, 2023 at 20:51
Is there a dog in Rembrandt's "The Night Watch"? [closed]
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Did early imperial China have a "uniform, multilevel administrative bureaucracy" that the Romans did not?
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What separates a slave from a mere serf or servant in modern European contexts? [closed]
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Why do some ancient languages become widespread across cultures, while others don't?
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Does it make sense to point cannons at a city (Marseille Fort St Jean)?
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Have any historical pandemics actually originated in the United States?
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