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Why were French maids apparently so common outside France?
Awarded 15 hours ago
What did MLK, Jr. mean by "Mayor Loeb is in dire need of a doctor"?
Awarded 17 hours ago
What language did Gaius Julius Caesar speak with Cleopatra?
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What uniform is this man wearing (circa 1940's)?
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Was there ever a type of powered model car/vehicle racing, where the cars were in no way controlled, and were all on the one single shared track?
Awarded Jan 14 at 2:46
Can you help identify the insignia and the country of origin of this uniform?
Awarded Jan 13 at 5:01
Can anyone identify these uniforms (stated to be "Austrian")?
Awarded Jan 10 at 18:51
What did Nathan Forrest do on September 19 1863?
Awarded Jan 9 at 4:15
What flag are the men in these photos flying?
Awarded Jan 6 at 17:31
Where was Olitei?
Awarded Jan 5 at 21:57
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Awarded Jan 5 at 21:57
Did anyone in the 19th century deliberately use bank runs to bankrupt their competitiors like in *Tai-Pan* by James Clavell?
Awarded Jan 5 at 12:17
Until when did Russia occupy Paris after 1814
Awarded Jan 5 at 11:18
Who are the five figures in the niches in the 'Monument of Marchese Spinetta Malaspina'
Awarded Jan 4 at 15:15
Were the majority of people killed in the last two Chechen Wars ethnic Russians?
Awarded Jan 2 at 19:47
What were "prison-bars" (some sort of "amusement" or "athletic exercise")?
Awarded Jan 1 at 14:20
What does this source "IAA iii" mean? Which book?
Awarded Dec 30 '21 at 20:35
Can you identify the military uniform on the man in this photo?
Awarded Dec 30 '21 at 0:17
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Awarded Dec 27 '21 at 16:50
Is Jacques Le Goff's statement about medieval labor mechanization not leading to qualitative progress true?
Awarded Dec 27 '21 at 16:10
What is the correct publication date for Thucydides' The Peloponnesian War?
Awarded Dec 26 '21 at 23:40
Who else has been credited as "grandfather of the Russian revolution"?
Awarded Dec 26 '21 at 14:50
Why didn't Iran declare war on the United States for shooting down flight-655? [closed]
Awarded Dec 26 '21 at 12:17
Was there a battle or war that happened by mistake?
Awarded Dec 26 '21 at 12:11
What kind of slang terms were used in Massachusetts in 1947?
Awarded Dec 23 '21 at 12:03
Who said this quote about assimilation?
Awarded Dec 22 '21 at 4:56
How should an amateur learn about ancient texts? [closed]
Awarded Dec 19 '21 at 14:59
Where can I find Information about small businesses in Europe who formed 'co-op' currency & traded among each other between WW1/2?
Awarded Dec 19 '21 at 2:56
As far as Themistocles's journey after his exile is concerned why do modern historians conclude that Plutarch meant Thasos instead of Naxos?
Awarded Dec 17 '21 at 0:33
Where could I find detailed data on WWII Eastern Front casualties and territorial changes?
Awarded Dec 15 '21 at 22:19
Why is AD in Latin and BC is in English?
Awarded Dec 15 '21 at 14:05
What is the name of this photographer?
Awarded Dec 14 '21 at 23:30
At what height were Gargoyles typically used in Gothic architecture
Awarded Dec 14 '21 at 22:36
What is the "bag on a stick" Hercules is holding in this picture?
Awarded Dec 14 '21 at 5:15
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Awarded Dec 13 '21 at 19:22
What exactly was East Prussia between 1933 and 1945? Was it part of a larger government, and which one?
Awarded Dec 13 '21 at 5:20
In light of genetic genealogy, are there any new theories for the introduction of Goidelic to Britain and Ireland
Awarded Dec 12 '21 at 21:17
What uniform is the man in this mid to late 19th century photo wearing?
Awarded Dec 12 '21 at 11:55
Why was East Pakistan never divided into multiple provinces? [closed]
Awarded Dec 11 '21 at 23:55
What were the promises offered by the US to Romania at the end of WWII and why were they broken?
Awarded Dec 11 '21 at 23:40
What do the last four digits of this postal cancellation stamp mean?
Awarded Dec 11 '21 at 14:57
Why did the number of Nazis in the Bundestag increase significantly in 1953?
Awarded Dec 9 '21 at 14:37
Where can I find more information about destruction of a castle in Merlas, France?
Awarded Dec 9 '21 at 4:41
Were firearms used by the farmers for intimidation in the penny auctions during the Great Depression?
Awarded Dec 7 '21 at 18:16
Why were slave armies used?
Awarded Dec 7 '21 at 8:36
In late-18th and 19th century America, how common were lawyers in criminal trials?
Awarded Dec 7 '21 at 3:20
When and how did the Han ethnic group become by far the biggest ethnic group in China?
Awarded Dec 6 '21 at 6:15
Was there any Egyptian Pharaoh that was considered the one and only god that ancient Egyptians worshiped during his life?
Awarded Dec 4 '21 at 17:19
Did they have dorm mothers for finishing schools in the 19th century?
Awarded Dec 3 '21 at 20:06
Why do many Indian Languages have different alphabets?
Awarded Dec 1 '21 at 14:06
What are "the unconscious first steps of plant domestication" in "Guns, Germs, and Steel"?
Awarded Nov 30 '21 at 21:57
Did Lord Acton ever say "freedom faces four major challenges"?
Awarded Nov 30 '21 at 2:57
What size are these mosaics of Justinian and Theodora?
Awarded Nov 29 '21 at 10:34
Why didn't the eunuch faction improve stability in Imperial China?
Awarded Nov 29 '21 at 8:27
How common was it for USAAF aircrews to swap airplanes?
Awarded Nov 28 '21 at 15:47
Do historians distinguish between observable events vs. higher-level claims? [closed]
Awarded Nov 28 '21 at 2:56
Did people in the area the Virgin Mary is said to have lived wear headdresses at the time?
Awarded Nov 26 '21 at 22:32
What uniform is General Redvers Henry Buller VC GCB GCMG wearing in this colored photo?
Awarded Nov 26 '21 at 1:50
Did Stephen the Great know about the discovery of the New World?
Awarded Nov 24 '21 at 8:16
What percentage of US households had electricity and telephones in 1940?
Awarded Nov 22 '21 at 20:56
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