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Can someone explain the joke that killed Chrysippus of Soli?
Awarded Jun 5, 2017 at 10:50
Was England called England in the days of King Arthur?
Awarded May 28, 2017 at 19:44
How long would it take to travel from the United Kingdom to America in 1890?
Awarded May 26, 2017 at 22:13
Why was it "acceptable" for Prince Charles to marry a divorced woman, when Edward VIII had to abdicate for marrying divorcee Wallis Simpson?
Awarded May 25, 2017 at 13:28
Why weren't aircraft carriers utilized during D-day?
Awarded May 25, 2017 at 3:31
What is the primary source for this quote by Julius Caesar's on Celts and Germans?
Awarded May 22, 2017 at 20:03
Does the ancient Egyptian religion still have followers? [closed]
Awarded May 15, 2017 at 0:46
Why did the Soviet Union lift the Berlin Blockade?
Awarded May 14, 2017 at 18:12
What caused the decline of the Spanish empire?
Awarded May 12, 2017 at 3:48
Why are the German and French languages so different?
Awarded May 11, 2017 at 3:37
Why was France granted an equal status among victors of World War II?
Awarded May 9, 2017 at 3:35
What is the origin of Khans? Is there any link between South Asian Khans and the Mongols?
Awarded May 6, 2017 at 4:47
Economic effects of the Cuban Revolution
Awarded May 4, 2017 at 10:29
Why didn't Hitler have more submarines in the English channel?
Awarded May 3, 2017 at 15:20
What was the estimated population living in Egypt around 1446 BC?
Awarded Apr 27, 2017 at 19:04
Why didn't Hannibal attack Rome after the Battle of Cannae?
Awarded Apr 26, 2017 at 6:07
When did husbands & wives start sharing bedrooms?
Awarded Apr 25, 2017 at 23:23
How did societies adapt to using alcohol to make water safer?
Awarded Apr 25, 2017 at 18:48
What's the advantage of the infantry column formation in the Napoleonic Wars?
Awarded Apr 20, 2017 at 5:08
Why did some people need to pay a bond in the 1700s in order to get married?
Awarded Apr 17, 2017 at 13:02
Why did Churchill order the destruction of the bombes?
Awarded Apr 13, 2017 at 0:53
How did the gold of the new world cause the Spanish Empire to collapse?
Awarded Apr 7, 2017 at 13:06
Where did Hitler get the funds to invest in economic development programs such as the autobahn when the German economy was in a depression?
Awarded Apr 4, 2017 at 17:01
Why did North America economically prosper, and maintain stable government and South/Central America didn't?
Awarded Apr 3, 2017 at 18:31
Was the Zimmerman Telegram a ruse on the US or a way of Germany to incite Mexico to declare war on the US?
Awarded Apr 3, 2017 at 10:04
Why are Germans referred to so differently in different languages?
Awarded Apr 1, 2017 at 10:39
Did Bismarck have any influence on Hitler?
Awarded Mar 30, 2017 at 15:37
Did either of the World Wars involve South or Central America?
Awarded Mar 13, 2017 at 12:14
What did squires do in the middle of a medieval battle?
Awarded Mar 3, 2017 at 11:07
What prevented the Mongolian Empire from expanding into Europe?
Awarded Mar 2, 2017 at 13:13
Did Vikings use of water bowls in this unhygenic way?
Awarded Mar 2, 2017 at 9:07
Why were old fortifications shaped like stars and not like circles?
Awarded Mar 1, 2017 at 16:15
How did the Roman state verify citizenship?
Awarded Feb 26, 2017 at 0:58
Is there any evidence of STD's in ancient times?
Awarded Feb 21, 2017 at 21:22
How many Britons lived in India during the British Raj (1858 - 1947)?
Awarded Feb 21, 2017 at 1:25
Which military commanders burned their own ships?
Awarded Feb 16, 2017 at 14:37
Could women be crucified under Roman law?
Awarded Feb 8, 2017 at 15:12
Why did Spain not participate in World War I?
Awarded Feb 7, 2017 at 4:21
Why did Great Britain switch its alliance to France?
Awarded Feb 1, 2017 at 5:04
Why wasn't San Marino unified with Italy?
Awarded Jan 30, 2017 at 0:18
What evidence supports the claim that Shivaji's father was Muslim?
Awarded Jan 25, 2017 at 17:29
How common are major cities not built by abundant water?
Awarded Jan 22, 2017 at 2:18
Why didn't Britain's nuclear weapons deter Argentina from invading the Falklands?
Awarded Jan 20, 2017 at 17:23
If the Ch’in dynasty was so short-lived, why was China named for it?
Awarded Jan 6, 2017 at 0:59
Did the Vikings practice voluntary human sacrifice?
Awarded Jan 4, 2017 at 19:20
Why did the scutum fall out of use?
Awarded Dec 28, 2016 at 10:58
How did such a relatively minor event as the assassination of an archduke start World War I?
Awarded Dec 27, 2016 at 0:00
Why didn't Great Britain give the colonies voting rights?
Awarded Dec 16, 2016 at 15:22
In the United States government, has there been cases that electoral colleges don't vote for the candidate the majority of their state voted for?
Awarded Dec 16, 2016 at 6:23
What was life expectancy in early medieval Britain?
Awarded Dec 11, 2016 at 16:21
Were slave rowers ever chained to the ship?
Awarded Dec 11, 2016 at 6:50
What specific changes were made to political ideologies around during and before World War I?
Awarded Dec 1, 2016 at 17:05
Why did Germany attack Neutral Belgium in the first world war?
Awarded Nov 18, 2016 at 14:32
When did worshipping of ancient Greek gods come to an end?
Awarded Nov 16, 2016 at 20:18
Why was Switzerland not attacked during the two World Wars?
Awarded Nov 14, 2016 at 9:57
When and why did having long hair become associated with women, and short hair with men?
Awarded Nov 12, 2016 at 16:58
Were there large scale protests after earlier presidential elections in the US?
Awarded Nov 11, 2016 at 0:46
On 1941 Dec 7, could Japan have targeted the Panama Canal instead of Pearl Harbor in a surprise attack?
Awarded Nov 9, 2016 at 1:29
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Awarded Nov 6, 2016 at 1:47
Why didn’t Japan attack the West Coast of the United States during World War II?
Awarded Nov 2, 2016 at 14:52
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