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Who said “If I want the opinion of the middle classes, I'll ask Her Majesty”?
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Which general rebuked the King of England over logistics?
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Why do Qing Dynasty coins frequently have cinnabar rubbed into them?
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Why did Nazis flee to South America?
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What cars were used with the Crocodile Class Ce 6/8 locomotive during its active years, especially at the beginning?
Awarded 2 days ago
Do we know why the Scythians and Sarmatians were overpowered by the Goths, Huns, and Slavs so quickly?
Awarded 2 days ago
When did countries first allow travellers to import duty free alcohol and tobacco
Awarded Jul 24 at 21:25
How did they measure speed in the 19th century so they could issue the first speeding ticket?
Awarded Jul 24 at 12:37
How did import duties in Britian help British manufactures to increase their market for produce? [closed]
Awarded Jul 23 at 4:52
Based on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, Did Assyrians of 825 (or) 840 BCE associate the מָגֵן דָּוִד Magen David as a symbol of Yisrael?
Awarded Jul 22 at 15:36
What is the earliest history of Middle Eastern women wearing veils for modesty while in public?
Awarded Jul 19 at 22:02
Are there historical texts recording acts of ransom / heists on the rich in Roman Empire?
Awarded Jul 17 at 14:42
What was the price of a theatre ticket in London during WW2?
Awarded Jul 15 at 21:43
Can anyone identify this European ?naval uniform from photograph and likely date (belle époque)?)
Awarded Jul 15 at 4:33
Why was the Tulsa Port placed at Catoosa?
Awarded Jul 14 at 10:05
When were 'time zones' (or at least time difference) discovered?
Awarded Jul 13 at 23:20
Is there a time in history where an Indonesian public university is “color blind” when admitting students? [closed]
Awarded Jul 12 at 12:30
How did Majapahit 14th century timepieces tell the time?
Awarded Jul 11 at 14:04
Were there clay printing presses in the bronze age?
Awarded Jul 10 at 0:06
Need help identifying the military service and rank
Awarded Jul 9 at 21:56
Were lay people ever forbidden to read the Bible in the Christian world?
Awarded Jul 9 at 11:55
What key technologies allowed construction of the Gutenberg printing press?
Awarded Jul 7 at 14:16
Was New Hampshire's prohibition on non-Protestant officeholders enforced in the last decades of its existence?
Awarded Jul 5 at 0:07
Did medieval libraries loan books to other libraries?
Awarded Jul 3 at 0:34
How many battles could a Napoleonic war or ACW infantryman expect to survive?
Awarded Jun 30 at 14:47
What's going on with this graph of wheat prices in “Civilization and Capitalism”?
Awarded Jun 29 at 15:57
Did Kampfgeschwader 6 operate Me-262s and Bf-109s from the same airfield? If so, which one?
Awarded Jun 27 at 18:02
Were there German bomb disposal units in WW2?
Awarded Jun 26 at 9:00
Which language did emperors, empresses and other “official people” speak in the Yuan Empire? [closed]
Awarded Jun 24 at 12:26
Has there been significant progress in our knowledge of the Aztecs and/or Maya since the '60s?
Awarded Jun 23 at 22:41
Was there a tax advantage for ex-pats to stay out of the UK, even for brief visits?
Awarded Jun 22 at 21:55
What do these lines from The Decline of the West, mean? [closed]
Awarded Jun 22 at 9:16
Where can I find information on a Polish castle dismantled by Sweden?
Awarded Jun 22 at 7:15
What paramilitary group was Nikola Jorgić in?
Awarded Jun 20 at 19:18
Can anyone help identify this, possibly Greek, type of uniform/dress?
Awarded Jun 20 at 15:57
What was the error in 1790, if any, of the lat. and long. of Greenwich Observatory of 1783?
Awarded Jun 20 at 13:57
What does Tuchman mean by transition to a “money economy” in the Middle Ages?
Awarded Jun 20 at 8:47
Can anyone help identify this uniform /person?
Awarded Jun 18 at 18:15
Can anyone tell me what military uniform this is?
Awarded Jun 18 at 3:21
Can you identify this uniform? Is it military?
Awarded Jun 17 at 16:33
Why was artillery a more effective infantry support weapon on tanks than machine guns?
Awarded Jun 17 at 11:07
What is this 17th century Swiss coin?
Awarded Jun 17 at 1:07
Why do Eastern European countries have the greatest female-to-male ratio?
Awarded Jun 16 at 19:22
Did Crusaders' siege Nablus and then massacre Muslims?
Awarded Jun 16 at 10:40
Did Cato the Elder think destruction of Carthage was more important than anything else for Rome?
Awarded Jun 13 at 14:16
How would emigrants travel the railway lines going from Grajewo to Bremerhaven in 1911 and from Grajewo to Rotterdam in 1917?
Awarded Jun 10 at 22:50
Is there any evidence to corroborate the claim that Rudolf Höss was physically abused by the Allies after his capture?
Awarded Jun 10 at 0:27
Can you help me identify this Italian Royal Army Uniform?
Awarded Jun 8 at 20:50
What type of uniform and cap emblem could my great grandfather be wearing? We have been told that it is maybe a Cossack
Awarded Jun 8 at 8:48
When did the news start reporting 'women and children were killed'
Awarded Jun 7 at 2:15
Can anyone help me identify this old coin?
Awarded Jun 6 at 10:26
Why did the Ottoman Empire gave exclusive trading rights to Venice? [closed]
Awarded Jun 6 at 8:21
Is there a source for this anecdote about Chandragupta Maurya, battle strategies and hot rice? [closed]
Awarded Jun 6 at 6:49
Can anyone identify the military branch and rank of the man in the front row? This is from Germany @1932
Awarded Jun 4 at 14:27
What was the status of Shia Muslims in the Ottoman empire?
Awarded Jun 2 at 16:09
What were Russian empresses' position and policy regarding women's role in society and their rights?
Awarded May 31 at 23:56
How often did WWII bomber gunners actually shoot?
Awarded May 30 at 15:55
In WWII, how were all pilots/soldiers able to identify enemy vehicles?
Awarded May 29 at 14:52
History of nations - books
Awarded May 29 at 14:12
Are there any accounts from crew of sunken submarines?
Awarded May 28 at 15:22
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