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Did any Moors accompany Hernando de Soto in his exploration of Mississippi?
Awarded Jun 28 at 15:10
Was merchant Hugh McCulloch the first Scotsman to set foot in California?
Awarded Jun 27 at 17:40
Who was Nimet Eloui Bey's father?
Awarded Jun 27 at 11:57
What post-photographic 19th US century dark skirted stripe embroidered jacket, hard brim and top forage cap, light trousers, sword uniform is this?
Awarded May 23 at 13:12
How much of the Jonestown money actually got given to the USSR?
Awarded Apr 9 at 10:10
How effective was Civil War-era artillery in the rain?
Awarded Apr 2 at 20:15
What was the point of horse armour?
Awarded Feb 21 at 21:45
Why exactly did telegraphs have to use “STOP” instead of a period and “QUOTE” instead of a quotation mark? (Or special codes.)
Awarded Feb 13 at 10:10
Is this a US Civil War uniform?
Awarded Jan 9 at 6:05
What is the large blue object on the right in this picture showing Greek fire?
Awarded Dec 4 '19 at 3:35
Were slaves allowed to use the Roman baths?
Awarded Nov 20 '19 at 14:15
How long would it take to build 30 miles of Roman road?
Awarded Oct 15 '19 at 22:45
Was touching your nose a greeting in second millenium Mesopotamia?
Awarded Jun 23 '19 at 6:00
What is this metallic object with teeth in mouth, screw to tighten and a handle?
Awarded Jun 11 '19 at 2:50
Is this a Masonic Ring?
Awarded May 16 '19 at 19:20
Can anyone tell me if this is legit WW2 Nazi ring?
Awarded Apr 23 '19 at 0:55
Did the old-west style duels (as depicted in movies) actually occur?
Awarded Apr 2 '19 at 21:00
In the 18th c., did/would China accept gold from Europe as trade payment? Why / why not?
Awarded Mar 24 '19 at 13:45
Can anyone help to identify and date this uniform or the medals?
Awarded Mar 20 '19 at 19:30
What is the meaning of a glove on the tail of monsters in illuminated manuscripts?
Awarded Mar 19 '19 at 6:25
What is Darius III wearing on his head?
Awarded Feb 26 '19 at 2:20
“Three Pines” as code for British Loyalists during the Revolutionary War
Awarded Feb 2 '19 at 23:40
Did Truman really believe that Hiroshima was a military base?
Awarded Feb 1 '19 at 22:30
Is there proof that John Proctor owned a tavern?
Awarded Oct 26 '18 at 20:30
When/how did Harry Truman give the order to bomb Hiroshima?
Awarded Oct 23 '18 at 15:30
What are the chances that my ancestor from Massachusetts in 1670 was a Russian Jew?
Awarded Oct 9 '18 at 1:10
How much gunpowder could the average Napoleonic ship of the line carry?
Awarded Oct 3 '18 at 15:10
Was the British Empire bigger than the combined empires of the Iberian Union in terms of claimed land area?
Awarded Jul 28 '18 at 17:00
What color triangles did the different religious groups (those not Jews or JWs) wear in Nazi concentration camps?
Awarded Jul 4 '18 at 6:49
Which nation forced Romans to change their armor?
Awarded Jul 3 '18 at 17:21
How did a 12 year old Sardinian slave girl factor into America's First Barbary War?
Awarded Jun 18 '18 at 13:13
Distinguish Mitsubishi G6M1-L2 and G4M1 aircraft in this picture
Awarded Jun 14 '18 at 8:06
Were there any Russians in the 1849 Gold Rush?
Awarded Apr 4 '18 at 0:02
Did the Romans eat breakfast?
Awarded Apr 3 '18 at 14:07
Did any country threaten war on the US because they didn't pay their debt after the Revolutionary War?
Awarded Mar 24 '18 at 19:56
What happened to these buildings near the Seine?
Awarded Feb 26 '18 at 0:01
Did ancient Rome have slave hunters?
Awarded Feb 15 '18 at 18:53
Would colonial Maryland have been tolerant to all religions?
Awarded Feb 13 '18 at 17:31
Were there ever instances of sailors pressed into British service in Europe ending up in the Caribbean?
Awarded Feb 7 '18 at 9:14
Did the Pope's crossbow and archery bans have any effect?
Awarded Jan 18 '18 at 1:23
How much smaller were medieval farm animals in England than today?
Awarded Jan 10 '18 at 1:43
Why didn’t Herbert Hoover’s residency in London during and after WWI disqualify him from becoming President?
Awarded Dec 30 '17 at 11:44
Is there a genetic link between North America and Vikings?
Awarded Dec 22 '17 at 6:49
Aside from the Pyramids, what is the tallest man-made structure still standing in Europe & the Near East from ancient times?
Awarded Nov 22 '17 at 6:40
How did the US abolition of slavery affect the cotton exports?
Awarded Oct 25 '17 at 17:42
Can someone identify this coin? ΤΙΓΡΑΝΟ(Υ) (Β)ΑΣΙΛΕΩ(Σ)
Awarded Oct 15 '17 at 9:35
Who was (reputed to be) Alexander The Great's real father?
Awarded Oct 5 '17 at 12:48
Did Truman play the piano in Potsdam to annoy Churchill with Chopin?
Awarded Sep 28 '17 at 8:18
Did French people in 19th century not bathe every day?
Awarded Sep 26 '17 at 17:20
Why would selling watermelons in bulk be mocking?
Awarded Sep 23 '17 at 0:33
Which town or village in Britain lost the greatest percentage of men in WWI due to “Pals Battalions”?
Awarded Sep 4 '17 at 13:32
Is the “refuse” side of this American Revolutionary War document really empty?
Awarded Aug 23 '17 at 21:26
What was a “Qua” in a “Subsidy of Armour” in 1590?
Awarded Aug 2 '17 at 16:24
Agincourt - Where was the Earl of Suffolk (de la Pole)?
Awarded Jul 18 '17 at 20:49
What possible uniform with decoration is my ancestor from New South Wales in the early 1900's wearing?
Awarded Jul 15 '17 at 1:03
Whatever happened to Turing's friend Arnold Murray?
Awarded Jul 8 '17 at 21:33
How were Roman Legions disarmed/disbanded before entering Italia?
Awarded Jun 28 '17 at 16:29
What kind of object is pictured in these two Roman fresco wall paintings?
Awarded Jun 26 '17 at 12:48
Which event is this memorial referring to when it says WW1 ended in 1919?
Awarded Jun 22 '17 at 4:52
Why is it called the “Ottoman” Empire in English language?
Awarded Jun 16 '17 at 11:46
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