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How would an early German medieval market have looked?
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How were soldiers positioned on a platoon-sized amphibious landing craft in WWII?
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Why iron is not discussed more as a probable cause of “Bronze age collapse”? [closed]
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Unused birth certificate inquiry [migrated]
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How can I authenticate this presumably ancient Narino/Carchi pedestal bowl?
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When did James Cook's wife learn about his death?
Awarded May 22 at 15:35
Identify mid 20C Western male dress uniform: three button, large high lapels, trousers, white collar dark tie no hat
Awarded May 21 at 23:19
What do the phone number suffixes J, M, R, W in 1940 New York phone book mean?
Awarded May 21 at 22:25
Did Germany perceive Italy as a good partner in the Triple Alliance?
Awarded May 21 at 21:50
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Awarded May 21 at 20:18
Did British WWII generals have a choice which uniform to wear?
Awarded May 21 at 17:56
Why did hobos (at least stereotypically) carry their belongings in a cloth on a stick on their shoulder?
Awarded May 20 at 20:57
Is there footage of Valery Legasov's report at the IAEA Conference in Vienna?
Awarded May 20 at 15:34
Did the Seljuk consider themselves Roman?
Awarded May 19 at 11:58
To what extent was nonviolence effective in challenging racism (Civil Rights Movement)? [duplicate]
Awarded May 18 at 15:42
What does “free and independent states” mean in the Declaration of Independence? [duplicate]
Awarded May 18 at 13:07
How many people watched the moon landings after Apollo 11?
Awarded May 17 at 5:30
Who were the ancestors of the Albanians? [closed]
Awarded May 16 at 21:03
Why was the Federal Reserve District in the United States so skewed in division?
Awarded May 16 at 19:57
What is Charles Babbage referring to when he talks about the 'College of Laputa'?
Awarded May 16 at 17:18
Why has Witold Pilecki not been included in the Righteous Among the Nations?
Awarded May 16 at 12:26
Was the “drowning man prays to God, but ignores the boats God sends” joke/tale known in Ancient Roman times?
Awarded May 16 at 3:07
Can anyone identify this (possibly Italian) uniform?
Awarded May 15 at 17:26
Why did Byzantine champions (consistently) lose duels to Muslim armies' champions?
Awarded May 15 at 14:41
What did the English people during the Peasants' Revolt know about the Ciompi Revolt?
Awarded May 13 at 8:15
How were cities administered in the early Byzantine Empire?
Awarded May 12 at 21:05
Was Robert McNamara present at Los Alamos, 1945?
Awarded May 12 at 15:47
Were the NKVD hated by the regular army like the SS was?
Awarded May 12 at 0:25
What was the typical error with dead reckoning navigation?
Awarded May 11 at 5:51
Is this Civil War era uniform?
Awarded May 10 at 19:32
Were British officers able to return home after the American Revolution?
Awarded May 9 at 10:32
What is the Ancient Egyptian word for “Fisher”
Awarded May 9 at 8:52
What is this medal ribbon? WAAF
Awarded May 8 at 11:48
Can anyone identify these three military uniforms?
Awarded May 7 at 22:57
Was it possible for a young Japanese woman to end up enslaved in Great Britain in the mid-1600s?
Awarded May 7 at 9:41
How historically accurate Is this replica “15th century hand and a half” sword?
Awarded May 6 at 20:31
When the 'speedy trial' amendment was written, how long did trials usually take?
Awarded May 6 at 2:43
Was there a trade link between the medieval Hungarian Kingdom and the Mali Empire?
Awarded May 5 at 12:47
Please help identify these old coins found in Germany?
Awarded May 4 at 10:32
Were women allowed to study at the Library of Alexandria?
Awarded May 4 at 5:51
WW1 trying to identify squadron and aircrew
Awarded May 4 at 2:50
How were ancient Indian mathematical texts found to modern scholarship?
Awarded May 4 at 2:50
Beliefs on the Fragility of Ruling Class Women in and Around the 18th and 19th Centuries
Awarded May 3 at 3:49
What does a “wage” mean in the time of 'The Odyssey'?
Awarded May 3 at 2:48
Has any G7 country deliberately defaulted on sovereign debt to punish a certain country?
Awarded May 2 at 22:27
Were the commentaries and subcommentaries part of the Tang Code?
Awarded May 2 at 3:27
Religious sectarianism as the primary cause of the Bosnian War [closed]
Awarded May 1 at 18:43
How did the Swedish army deal with prisoners of war in the Thirty Years War?
Awarded May 1 at 12:46
Perception of the state by an average person in pre-modern times [closed]
Awarded Apr 30 at 20:50
What is the difference between Taino and Puerto Rican?
Awarded Apr 30 at 20:12
Biggest successful secret project in history?
Awarded Apr 30 at 19:27
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Awarded Apr 30 at 12:55
How could an Englishman be forced to fight for Austria-Hungary against his will during WW1?
Awarded Apr 29 at 22:17
Were people really as haphazardly *burned at the stake* back in the day in Europe as they make it out to have been? [closed]
Awarded Apr 29 at 21:04
Did the Romans leave any technical instruction manuals behind?
Awarded Apr 29 at 9:18
What ring is this?
Awarded Apr 29 at 0:04
Are “swirlies” really a thing in schools, or were they ever? [closed]
Awarded Apr 28 at 22:55
What was the first recorded reference to the fact that the sun rises and sets at different times across the Earth? [closed]
Awarded Apr 28 at 19:20
Please help decipher this artist signature in Hebrew [closed]
Awarded Apr 28 at 15:42
Did they really have individual telephone wires going from a central tower to each customer in Sweden in the late 1800s? [closed]
Awarded Apr 27 at 13:40
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