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What is the earliest reference to playing chess with Death?
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Where is the other surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party?
Awarded Nov 30 at 13:15
Why did epidemic disease spread only from Europe to America and not both ways in the Columbian Exchange? [duplicate]
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What is this metal box for, and where is it from?
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Between 1948 and 1967, were Arab people in the West Bank in favour of Jordanian rule or opposed to it?
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Was the Bohemian Elector part of the Electoral College for purposes of a Reichstag, especially if he was the Emperor of the HRE?
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What is the origin and rank of this military uniform?
Awarded Nov 7 at 21:19
What was Portugal and Spain's primary export which sparked their trade with Africa in the early 15th century?
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Why were slings phased out of medieval armies in favor of bows?
Awarded Nov 2 at 17:16
Did early imperial China have a "uniform, multilevel administrative bureaucracy" that the Romans did not?
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Why are there no pandas in historical Chinese art?
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A Rake's Progress: What is that weird hat-like thing?
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Why didn't Israel officially declare war in several of its prior wars?
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Which event happened first: Meiji Restoration or Boshin War?
Awarded Oct 22 at 14:18
Are there examples of artwork which anachronistically showed ancients equipped with firearms?
Awarded Oct 19 at 9:47
How much more damage can a big cannon do to a ship than a small one?
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Did Herman Melville write the "textbook" chapters of Moby Dick?
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When was the last direct conflict within Israel's boundaries?
Awarded Oct 11 at 20:03
Are Ashkenazi Jews decendants of Khazars? Was there a mass conversion of Khazars to Judaism?
Awarded Oct 1 at 5:51
Why would people join a bloc party?
Awarded Sep 30 at 11:25
What did this WWII combat medic insignia represent?
Awarded Sep 28 at 18:07
What was the purpose of the breastplate rings on samurai armor?
Awarded Sep 27 at 23:09
Who is 'Chlodebaudo/Chlodebaud' in the Merovingian-era Clovis I genealogy & Charlemagne ancestry, supposedly mentioned in a Salic Law manuscript?
Awarded Sep 19 at 7:23
Are there any accounts of German junior enlisted soldiers surviving the siege of Stalingrad and subsequent captivity?
Awarded Sep 16 at 21:09
Did enslaved persons take their owner's surnames?
Awarded Sep 11 at 16:35
Are these Polish WWI or WW2 uniforms? And any idea on the shorter gentleman's military decoration (cross?) on left shoulder?
Awarded Sep 7 at 14:25
Did Romans complain about sundials?
Awarded Sep 5 at 9:15
Did the Portuguese get anything in return when they handed back Macau?
Awarded Sep 4 at 14:04
Why didn't trench warfare produce a similar stalemate on the eastern front in World War I?
Awarded Sep 2 at 17:05
What did Canadians use to pay for goods or services between 1871 and 1935?
Awarded Sep 1 at 16:27
When were US Presidential candidates' names first shown on the ballot?
Awarded Aug 31 at 19:11
Are there records of federal courts under the Articles of Confederation?
Awarded Aug 31 at 0:09
When was the last time that a personal union of thrones led to an effective integration of the nations?
Awarded Aug 27 at 12:52
What was the process used to decide on the name of the US capital, Washington DC?
Awarded Aug 24 at 20:07
Are there realistic Ancient Egyptian artistic renderings of *flames*?
Awarded Aug 24 at 20:07
Was Voltaire actually present at the British Raid on Lorient in 1746, which was attended by David Hume?
Awarded Aug 24 at 20:07
How did the Belgians issue ID cards with ethnicity to women in Ruanda-Urundi?
Awarded Aug 24 at 20:07
Do any of the commercially produced Hinton cubes still exist?
Awarded Aug 24 at 20:07
Does Patonce Cross symbol have any record of use in Hungary?
Awarded Aug 24 at 20:07
Did Stalin prevent the partitioning of Bulgaria by the western Allies after WW2?
Awarded Aug 24 at 15:56
If he was garroted, why do depictions show Atahualpa being burned at stake?
Awarded Aug 21 at 15:33
How did Native Americans refer to themselves in the 19th century?
Awarded Aug 16 at 19:51
Why was the ship "Palmyra" so named?
Awarded Aug 12 at 15:42
Was "The war to end all wars" viewed as cynically during WW1 as it is today?
Awarded Aug 8 at 2:26
Help identifying an old bayonet
Awarded Aug 7 at 21:01
Why does the Navy’s army need its own air force (U.S. Marine Corps)?
Awarded Aug 7 at 16:11
How long did it take approximately for a person to travel from Basel to Hanover (1753) by any means of transport?
Awarded Aug 7 at 11:57
Did active frontiersmen really eat 20,000 calories a day? How does this compare to other highly-active people in recorded history?
Awarded Jul 30 at 12:21
How difficult was it to spoof the sender of a telegram in 1890-1920's in USA?
Awarded Jul 25 at 8:04
How did Maximilien de Robespierre lose control of his Reign of Terror and die by the guillotine?
Awarded Jul 21 at 0:41
What prevented Southern Rhodesia from acquiring Dominion status?
Awarded Jul 15 at 14:11
Who said, "Freedom to do what?"
Awarded Jul 13 at 22:40
Was Queen Elizabeth II ever the head of state of Namibia?
Awarded Jul 5 at 14:36
How did U-boats enter and exit the submarine pens at Brest?
Awarded Jul 4 at 21:04
How common are historical instances of mercenary armies reversing and attacking their employing country?
Awarded Jun 29 at 10:49
Was it widely known during his reign that Kaiser Wilhelm II had a deformed arm?
Awarded Jun 27 at 22:47
What do the insignias on the collar shown in this photograph stand for?
Awarded Jun 17 at 14:19
Was there any time in non-recent history where it was fashionable to wear ripped clothes?
Awarded Jun 14 at 10:41
Did anything come from Sparta, besides fitness and war?
Awarded Jun 12 at 15:46
Is this photo of the Red Baron authentic?
Awarded Jun 9 at 14:12
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