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Why did the communist Khmer Rouge use a religious image in their flag?
Awarded Dec 5 at 19:48
Did renaissance actors learn their parts by heart?
Awarded Nov 27 at 1:34
How did the Dutch Republic get sufficient timber to build its navies?
Awarded Nov 22 at 18:17
What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme?
Awarded Nov 20 at 15:31
Why did German typewriters not use Fraktur?
Awarded Nov 2 at 12:56
Did more Puerto Ricans soldiers really die in Vietnam War than from any state?
Awarded Oct 31 at 17:46
What was Adam Smith's position on the American Revolution?
Awarded Oct 17 at 6:34
Why are Ukranian town and city names so (relatively) repetitive?
Awarded Oct 10 at 3:11
During WWII, did the Allies know about the location and significance of the Wolf's Lair? If so, why did they not attack it?
Awarded Oct 4 at 9:22
Why was Panama Railroad in poor condition when US decided to build Panama Canal in 1904?
Awarded Sep 13 at 8:50
Is the 2024 Ukrainian invasion of the Kursk region the first time since WW2 Russia was invaded?
Awarded Sep 9 at 10:53
In which town of Europe (Germany ?) were this 2 photos taken during WWII?
Awarded Sep 9 at 0:17
Was there a battle at "Wodziki" in October 1914?
Awarded Sep 6 at 11:04
When was this photo taken?
Awarded Sep 5 at 15:09
Did US troops insist on segregation in British pubs?
Awarded Sep 4 at 16:51
How did Oswald Mosley escape treason charges?
Awarded Sep 1 at 10:21
When did "whites only" signs (racial segregation) become illegal in the USA?
Awarded Aug 29 at 9:13
What is the earliest known example of triplets?
Awarded Aug 25 at 18:52
What is the origin of this quote on telling a big lie?
Awarded Aug 19 at 16:22
Did the United States have consent from Texas to cede a piece of land that was part of Texas?
Awarded Aug 19 at 1:46
How does one find historic prices for goods?
Awarded Aug 8 at 12:06
Why were the names of Western Roman emperors mostly unique?
Awarded Jul 26 at 9:57
Who were the oldest US Presidential nominees?
Awarded Jul 24 at 18:11
What caused the builder to change plans midstream on this 1905 library in New England?
Awarded Jul 8 at 7:11
How far back in time have historians estimated the rate of economic growth and the economic power of various empires?
Awarded Jul 3 at 17:47
Did the Founding Fathers of the USA really make a distinction between a Republic and a Democracy (and despised the latter)?
Awarded Jun 30 at 14:37
Were any fortified castles self-sufficient in food?
Awarded Jun 25 at 18:57
Was Croatia the first country to recognize the sovereignity of the USA? Was Croatia expecting military help from USA that didn't come?
Awarded Jun 22 at 12:11
Was Croatia the first country to recognize the sovereignity of the USA? Was Croatia expecting military help from USA that didn't come?
Awarded Jun 21 at 16:27
Why did Latin disappear so completely in Britain after the Romans left?
Awarded Jun 18 at 16:42
Was it known in ancient Rome and Greece that boiling water made it safe to drink and if so, what was the theory behind this?
Awarded Jun 11 at 3:10
Why was the US so pro-China and so anti-Japan before WW2?
Awarded Jun 8 at 10:02
Is there any evidence to back up David Starkey's claim that infanticide of mixed-race children was integral to the Ottoman slave trade?
Awarded May 31 at 9:42
What flag had a black cross blue field 1589?
Awarded May 27 at 13:03
Where did the Gaels originate?
Awarded May 21 at 15:47
What is the latest scientific consensus on the peopling of the Americas?
Awarded May 20 at 17:57
What would military spies in 17th century Europe be looking for inside a city, before a siege?
Awarded May 20 at 13:57
Why has the khopesh never been used since ancient Egypt?
Awarded May 9 at 1:40
When and how did people begin to consider slavery immoral?
Awarded May 7 at 16:12
Was Plato sold into slavery?
Awarded Apr 27 at 5:01
How was Rome able to conscript and equip 400k soldiers during 2nd Punic War in a pre-industrial society?
Awarded Apr 17 at 15:05
Is this a photo of a historical reinactment of an 1868 treaty signing?
Awarded Apr 16 at 0:27
Is this a photo of a historical reinactment of an 1868 treaty signing?
Awarded Apr 15 at 19:50
What is this glyph on Feb 23 1940 in a Finnish military calendar?
Awarded Apr 10 at 8:20
Who was the first person to get a more accurate measure of the earth's circumference than Eratosthenes?
Awarded Apr 8 at 15:26
What was this television history series?
Awarded Apr 3 at 17:52
How does one "ride on the brake beam"?
Awarded Apr 2 at 13:48
Have there been any plausible reports of killing polar bears with a bone spring?
Awarded Mar 31 at 19:25
Who was Chief Poking Fire?
Awarded Mar 28 at 17:21
Who first called natural satellites "moons"?
Awarded Mar 25 at 13:20
Why didn't Aboriginal Australians invent agriculture?
Awarded Mar 23 at 21:42
WWI trench tactics using shields?
Awarded Mar 21 at 14:34
What was the economic incentive for "redlining"?
Awarded Mar 18 at 20:51
How did early Judaism and Zoroastrianism influence each other, if they were so far apart?
Awarded Feb 29 at 18:16
Were any U.S. founding fathers present at the storming of the Bastille?
Awarded Feb 26 at 19:34
What is the origin of the "No Symbol"?
Awarded Feb 14 at 13:04
Why does German money from the 1940s not bear Nazi symbols?
Awarded Feb 7 at 3:09
When were collapsible umbrellas invented?
Awarded Jan 27 at 23:35
Why did the Egyptians wait so long to introduce the leap year?
Awarded Jan 26 at 19:26
Was the secession of the Confederate states illegal?
Awarded Jan 15 at 12:27
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