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Was there a temple dedicated to Old Age (“Geras”) in ancient Athens?
Awarded 19 hours ago
What is history? [closed]
Awarded 20 hours ago
What indicates that the Romans believed that their empire was “eternal” and “would subjugate the world”
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Karl Marx The eighteenth brumaire of louis bonaparte background history [closed]
Awarded Oct 17 at 12:40
Who were Alexander's historians that wrote about Indian social conditions?
Awarded Oct 16 at 11:27
Who governed while Alexander The Great was away conquering Asia?
Awarded Oct 14 at 20:50
Is history of Polish Catholicism exceptional? [closed]
Awarded Oct 14 at 8:37
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Awarded Oct 13 at 16:19
Should the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC) be 2020 or 2021? [closed]
Awarded Oct 13 at 1:41
What are some annotated sources to guide me through the Federalist Papers and other early American historical documents? [closed]
Awarded Oct 12 at 9:36
When and why did “Near East” become “Middle East?”
Awarded Oct 12 at 8:30
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Awarded Oct 11 at 15:17
Where on today's map of India, was the confluence of the Baes and Sutlej rivers when Alexander was in the Punjab?
Awarded Oct 11 at 13:35
What is the origin of astronomical seasons beginning at equinoxes?
Awarded Oct 11 at 13:26
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Awarded Oct 10 at 21:11
Are there any accounts written by torturers on their actions?
Awarded Oct 7 at 3:01
What is the origin of lighting candles on birthdays?
Awarded Oct 6 at 19:04
Has there ever been a case where a country adopted the currency of another country with a smaller economy?
Awarded Oct 6 at 18:05
How did Azerbaijan come to be allied with Turkey and Israel?
Awarded Oct 6 at 3:10
How were USSR oblasts and cities governed?
Awarded Oct 5 at 9:08
What U.S. President said “It's fiction, stupid!”?
Awarded Oct 2 at 23:08
Any studies on how much crime was done during pandemic? How it affected society after
Awarded Oct 2 at 16:41
What is a “jerry-built area” in the 1937 HOLC maps?
Awarded Oct 1 at 22:02
What is the origin of this quote from the Book of the Dead, “May he journey in the Boat of a Million Years”?
Awarded Oct 1 at 21:37
Where can I find what the cost of a train ticket in the USA was in 1930?
Awarded Sep 30 at 10:10
What went into an Edo-era Hyakkumonogatari Kaidankai?
Awarded Sep 29 at 3:47
Who were the 'Water People of North America' and what do we know about them?
Awarded Sep 27 at 12:17
Can you identify this Empire flagged c1913 single stack ocean liner?
Awarded Sep 26 at 1:55
What flowers did Ponce De Leon find in La Florida? [migrated]
Awarded Sep 25 at 21:05
How realistic is the food consumption in Astrid Lindgrens 'Emil of Lönneberga' books?
Awarded Sep 23 at 13:08
What were the population demographics in the South during the Hayes/Tilden election?
Awarded Sep 23 at 3:42
What does this lapel pin signify?
Awarded Sep 23 at 2:31
Since when is the Nile Delta known as “Delta”?
Awarded Sep 22 at 8:58
What regiment is this (~1826-1861) French cuirass cavalry uniform?
Awarded Sep 22 at 8:11
Did “errand boys” really have to wear handcuffs attached to the briefcase?
Awarded Sep 21 at 22:48
Please help me identify this uniform and insignia from possibly the Utah Territorial Militia?
Awarded Sep 21 at 22:37
What factors accounted for the pattern of caranvanserai across Eurasia? [closed]
Awarded Sep 21 at 21:04
What is this (possibly WW1) officer's uniform and regiment?
Awarded Sep 21 at 18:57
Are there any references of Muhammad's letter to Khosrow II, outside of Islamic historiography?
Awarded Sep 21 at 6:01
Was Wilhelm II aware of the Franco-Russian Military Convention 1892?
Awarded Sep 21 at 0:36
Did German submarines communicate with allied convoys during battle?
Awarded Sep 19 at 22:16
Is there evidence this weapon existed? [closed]
Awarded Sep 19 at 6:33
Is the “Great Wave off Kanagawa” a political piece?
Awarded Sep 18 at 22:02
Why does Retsö claim that only members/clients of Arabian tribes were considered “real Muslims” in the Umayyad Caliphate before 750?
Awarded Sep 18 at 16:27
Can anyone identify this military uniform?
Awarded Sep 18 at 13:57
Can anybody help identify this uniform ? Circa WW1
Awarded Sep 18 at 13:07
Why did ancient cultures (e.g. the Mesopotamians) use sexagesimal?
Awarded Sep 17 at 6:49
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Awarded Sep 16 at 12:27
Were there any missing opera actresses in Paris between 1881 - 1910?
Awarded Sep 16 at 12:03
Can anyone help me identify the uniform my that paternal grandfather is wearing?
Awarded Sep 16 at 10:02
What would be the pay for a child deck-hand in the 1600's?
Awarded Sep 13 at 21:05
How did smaller feudal vassal realms survive a war or raid?
Awarded Sep 13 at 15:56
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Awarded Sep 11 at 22:27
If a merchant ship captain joined the Royal Navy during the age of sail, would they be put in command?
Awarded Sep 11 at 13:20
What is this symbol in a financial record from Wisconsin, USA, in 1860?
Awarded Sep 11 at 1:42
In the past, why was timezone change based on year? [closed]
Awarded Sep 10 at 19:15
Which head of state had the most gaps in their rule?
Awarded Sep 10 at 17:31
Were Draco’s laws particularly “draconian” at the time they were enacted?
Awarded Sep 10 at 16:40
Are there unsigned copies of the German instrument of surrender in existence? [closed]
Awarded Sep 9 at 23:50
Identify tank or artillery shell
Awarded Sep 9 at 23:04
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