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Where did prejudice against left-handed people originate from?
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Was Operation Kugelblitz really a success for the partisans?
Awarded yesterday
Are there any existing foreign language teaching texts from the Ancient Near East?
Awarded Dec 3 at 13:35
Did Frederick Douglass affect British policy during the American Civil War?
Awarded Dec 1 at 13:55
Are there any exemplars of the 'trope of the exiled poet' prior to CE 8?
Awarded Nov 25 at 11:30
Were slaves allowed to use the Roman baths?
Awarded Nov 20 at 14:25
What is the meaning of the hand gesture performed by King James II in the portrait by Peter Lely?
Awarded Nov 19 at 14:05
Which battle was the most lopsided result in terms of casualties?
Awarded Nov 12 at 10:30
Did medieval stores have names?
Awarded Nov 3 at 18:30
Did Catherine the Great really call for the abolition of serfdom?
Awarded Nov 1 at 17:10
How do archaeologists date cave paintings?
Awarded Oct 27 at 20:35
Was there a Parthian counterpart of Tacitus, Cicero, etc?
Awarded Oct 26 at 13:00
What were women doing at the Battle of Dorylaeum during the First Crusade?
Awarded Oct 25 at 9:45
Was there a bribery attempt by the UK to get the Ottomans to switch sides in World War I?
Awarded Oct 21 at 21:20
Was Hitler exclaiming “Heil Hitler!” himself when saluting?
Awarded Oct 12 at 18:20
What would a Roman education include in the years 77 - 85?
Awarded Oct 9 at 13:50
Which culture used no personal names?
Awarded Oct 7 at 16:45
Did the early Christian community on Iceland require the import of wine for liturgy?
Awarded Oct 7 at 1:10
How old is Philippe Buache's map of New Discoveries?
Awarded Oct 5 at 12:35
Why did a young George Washington sign a document admitting to assassinating a French military officer?
Awarded Sep 30 at 14:55
Where are (records of) historic wildfires?
Awarded Sep 28 at 7:15
Did the Reformation have any impact in Orthodox countries?
Awarded Sep 26 at 15:05
What was the first broadcast television programme?
Awarded Sep 20 at 17:25
Why was the battle of Bouvines that incredible?
Awarded Sep 19 at 17:45
How were concussions treated in late 19th-century America?
Awarded Sep 19 at 10:35
Who was Chief Poking Fire?
Awarded Sep 17 at 15:10
Did ancient people regularly suffer from colds?
Awarded Sep 17 at 13:45
Did slaves have slaves?
Awarded Sep 16 at 2:10
Why was “leaping into the river” a valid trial outcome to prove one's innocence?
Awarded Sep 9 at 1:10
Why has English become the global language?
Awarded Sep 6 at 14:15
Are there any writings by blinded and/or exiled Byzantine emperors?
Awarded Sep 3 at 2:40
Did ancient peoples ever hide their treasure behind puzzles?
Awarded Aug 28 at 6:15
How difficult would be to watch a porn movie in US/UK before the WW II?
Awarded Aug 27 at 11:25
Was there ever a treaty between 2 entities with significantly different translations to the detriment of one party?
Awarded Aug 23 at 0:25
Has there ever been a truly bilingual country prior to the contemporary period?
Awarded Aug 18 at 19:00
Did Pope Urban II issue the papal bull “terra nullius” in 1095?
Awarded Aug 17 at 17:55
What does this quote from the Roman imperial poet Rutilius mean?
Awarded Aug 12 at 13:45
What date did Henry Morgan capture his most famous flagship, the “Satisfaction”?
Awarded Aug 8 at 9:55
Why are there shields present on the sides of Henry VIII ships, did they serve any function or was it pure decoration?
Awarded Aug 6 at 10:35
Why did the United States not resort to nuclear weapons in Vietnam?
Awarded Aug 2 at 22:20
Who said “one can be a powerful king with a very small sceptre”?
Awarded Jul 30 at 23:20
Why didn't Britain or any other European power colonize Abyssinia/Ethiopia before 1936?
Awarded Jul 28 at 9:20
Are there any examples of technologies have been lost over time?
Awarded Jul 27 at 1:25
Why did the negotiations between Henry V of England and France fail?
Awarded Jul 20 at 1:40
What prompted Cuba to fight against South African Imperialism?
Awarded Jul 17 at 21:55
What are some symbols representing peasants/oppressed persons fighting back?
Awarded Jul 13 at 21:45
What did indigenous North Americans trade amongst themselves before Europeans arrived?
Awarded Jul 13 at 13:35
The WWI Christmas truce of 1914 resulted in no consequences, in spite of clear warnings against such beforehand - why were there no courts-martial?
Awarded Jul 10 at 15:15
Why did Robert F. Kennedy loathe Lyndon B. Johnson?
Awarded Jul 5 at 11:50
Has chattel slavery ever been used as a criminal punishment in the USA since the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment?
Awarded Jul 2 at 7:30
Why did the Middle Kingdom stop building pyramid tombs?
Awarded Jul 1 at 0:35
Why didn't Caesar move against Sextus Pompey immediately after Munda?
Awarded Jun 29 at 16:40
In the early 1900s, how would an American returning from, say, Europe prove he was American and not just lying to avoid Ellis Island?
Awarded Jun 23 at 17:25
Was red associated with “stop” or “danger” before railroads?
Awarded Jun 20 at 19:50
Did Marcus Aurelius ever deliberate about his son's succession?
Awarded Jun 19 at 16:35
Who first published Marcus Aurelius' Meditations?
Awarded Jun 16 at 13:30
Why was Operation Felix cancelled?
Awarded Jun 12 at 14:50
Did significant numbers of Japanese officers escape prosecution during the Tokyo Trials?
Awarded May 22 at 10:35
Is the story about Mussolini and Oliver Hardy apocryphal?
Awarded May 20 at 17:45
What was the primary motivation for a historical figure like Xenophon to create an extensive collection of written material?
Awarded May 19 at 16:30
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