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Why is Jiagedaqi part of Heilongjiang despite being inside Inner Mongolia?
Awarded 23 hours ago
Why could George Washington and the revolutionaries not stop Governor Tryon in New York Harbor?
Awarded 2 days ago
How much power and influence could a child monarch have?
Awarded 2 days ago
How did Adam Worth make sure his crooks didn't keep what they stole?
Awarded Jan 22 at 19:25
Apart from Veer Savarkar and S.A. Dange, were there any Indian revolutionaries who filed mercy petitions to the British?
Awarded Jan 21 at 12:25
What is the minimum safe speed when dropping depth charges?
Awarded Jan 20 at 23:05
Can anyone identify the regiment and rank from this WWI photograph?
Awarded Jan 20 at 21:20
Who is depicted in this Soleimani propaganda image?
Awarded Jan 20 at 20:35
When & where were three masted ships invented?
Awarded Jan 20 at 17:45
Why were so many more Jewish men than Jewish women killed during the Holocaust?
Awarded Jan 19 at 23:25
Which pagan story inspired the Massacre of the Innocents? [closed]
Awarded Jan 19 at 18:20
When did humans develop the ability to sail any direction regardless of wind direction?
Awarded Jan 18 at 21:25
Why are stamps put in the top-right corner of post?
Awarded Jan 18 at 16:00
Is there a database of ancient/current names of cities?
Awarded Jan 18 at 15:50
Interpreting two recent studies on Aryan Invasion/Migration theory?
Awarded Jan 17 at 15:05
What would an ancient Greek village (small settlement) have looked like?
Awarded Jan 17 at 14:45
What was the total megatonnage of all munitions expended in World War 2?
Awarded Jan 16 at 23:40
How did Jerusalem function as an ancient city without a major water source? [closed]
Awarded Jan 16 at 21:45
Is the Disme or the Flowing Hair Dollar the considered the first official U.S coin?
Awarded Jan 16 at 18:15
In which banking institute was Soren Kierkegaard a customer?
Awarded Jan 16 at 14:35
Did people in the late 1800s and earlier really think that there would be, or already exist, “mechanical men”?
Awarded Jan 15 at 5:25
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Awarded Jan 15 at 1:20
Any examples when one civilization/country got technology from another and after due to lack of knowledge lost it
Awarded Jan 14 at 21:25
Who did Mussolini meet after Hitler, on arrival to Germany after rescue?
Awarded Jan 14 at 18:15
How was the vast Khazar fortress of Sarkel destroyed?
Awarded Jan 14 at 12:55
How did Roman law change between Justinian and Basil II?
Awarded Jan 14 at 4:30
What is “flood recession agriculture” and why might it be much less onerous (than other forms of farming)? [closed]
Awarded Jan 14 at 4:20
Are the Swiss flag and the flag/coat of arms of Piedmont related?
Awarded Jan 12 at 2:20
Why did Romans use the sesterce in written monetary records when the coin itself was so rarely used?
Awarded Jan 11 at 20:35
Why does religion eventually disintegrate into sects? [closed]
Awarded Jan 11 at 1:35
Why are the historical large cities in the southern US not the large cities in the South today?
Awarded Jan 8 at 23:05
How can I identify this silver kitchen fork?
Awarded Jan 8 at 21:55
Why didn't the Japanese develop air defenses after the bombing of Tokyo?
Awarded Jan 8 at 21:30
Did the King of Siam offer war elephants to the Union during the Civil War?
Awarded Jan 8 at 18:15
Why did the Nazis collaborate with the Ustaše?
Awarded Jan 6 at 22:35
Why are there so many laws about eye injuries in the Code of Hammurabi?
Awarded Jan 6 at 8:25
How/when did the halo shift from being a solid disk behind the head to being a floating ring above the head?
Awarded Jan 6 at 4:10
What actually happened in Greek and Roman temples of healing?
Awarded Jan 3 at 15:55
Who was this Roman General/figure of authority who, on his deathbed, named these two regrets?
Awarded Jan 2 at 23:15
Need to identify a European uniform from around 1900
Awarded Jan 2 at 7:15
Why were so many of the earliest banks founded by cloth merchants?
Awarded Jan 2 at 6:30
Are there historical instances of settlers who were largely uncontacted and undisturbed after settling?
Awarded Jan 2 at 4:40
Is it true that Adolf Hitler foresaw a surrender on the Western front in the last week of April 1945? [closed]
Awarded Dec 30 '19 at 15:30
How possible was it for colonizers to sail up the Paraná River to today's states of Paraná and São Paulo?
Awarded Dec 29 '19 at 23:40
How Heavy was a Spinning Jenny or Spinning Mule?
Awarded Dec 29 '19 at 23:40
Why are the borders of the Islamic world where they are? [closed]
Awarded Dec 28 '19 at 21:20
Where was this flag flown?
Awarded Dec 28 '19 at 10:50
Was the Reichspropaganda-Leitung (RPL) known to the Germany public? [closed]
Awarded Dec 28 '19 at 2:40
Why did anyone respect Marbury v. Madison?
Awarded Dec 28 '19 at 1:40
Can anyone identify this possibly Czechoslovak uniform?
Awarded Dec 27 '19 at 16:40
Why did the English name of “Pacific Ocean” stick if it has been known by many cultures since ancient times? [closed]
Awarded Dec 27 '19 at 14:00
Can anyone identify this uniform? Time period is 1841
Awarded Dec 27 '19 at 8:55
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Awarded Dec 26 '19 at 20:45
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Awarded Dec 26 '19 at 2:05
Why is the English name of the country “Russia” not spelled “Rossia” (with the letter o)? [closed]
Awarded Dec 25 '19 at 22:10
Where does the Kurrent letter-form for E come from?
Awarded Dec 25 '19 at 15:45
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Awarded Dec 25 '19 at 3:35
Were the first sonic booms predicted?
Awarded Dec 24 '19 at 3:20
What were tally sticks?
Awarded Dec 23 '19 at 7:50
How were the Burmese able to sack Ayutthaya when it was one of the wealthiest and most powerful cities in Asia at the time? [closed]
Awarded Dec 22 '19 at 23:55
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