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Why did Saladin show kindness to Richard I?
Awarded Apr 13, 2016 at 17:52
Why did Ford pardon Nixon?
Awarded Apr 13, 2016 at 16:54
Why were Albanians the only nation in the Balkans who converted to Islam during the Ottoman occupation?
Awarded Apr 10, 2016 at 15:51
Has there ever been a battle with only a single survivor?
Awarded Apr 7, 2016 at 2:02
Why did Poland keep Warsaw as its capital instead of returning it to Krakow in the 20th century?
Awarded Mar 24, 2016 at 14:13
Why didn't France and the UK invade Germany in September 1939?
Awarded Mar 23, 2016 at 1:46
What did sectionalism have to do with the American civil war? [closed]
Awarded Mar 17, 2016 at 19:02
Why was the Treaty of Versailles so harsh?
Awarded Mar 7, 2016 at 16:40
What does Spivak mean by "epistemic violence" in her paper "can the subaltern speak"? [closed]
Awarded Mar 4, 2016 at 0:51
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Awarded Mar 4, 2016 at 0:13
What is the difference between the Middle Ages and the Dark Ages?
Awarded Mar 1, 2016 at 17:09
Did the Germans purposefully arrange to send Lenin to Russia to start a revolution?
Awarded Mar 1, 2016 at 2:58
Why were Sri Lanka and Myanmar separated from India under the British Empire? [closed]
Awarded Feb 25, 2016 at 6:37
Why didn't the USA move to the left after WWII? [closed]
Awarded Feb 24, 2016 at 12:55
When did bombs actually look like this?
Awarded Feb 23, 2016 at 22:46
What did Germany do after World War II to recover so successfully that it became more prosperous than its WW2 victors?
Awarded Feb 7, 2016 at 20:49
Did the Soviets excel in one area of weaponry during World War II?
Awarded Feb 7, 2016 at 13:26
How many lives were estimated to have been saved by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs?
Awarded Feb 3, 2016 at 17:18
Is there a symbol associated with Loki from the Norse pantheon? [closed]
Awarded Feb 2, 2016 at 17:00
Did JFK really say "Hitler is one of the greatest men…one of the most significant figures that ever lived"? [closed]
Awarded Jan 28, 2016 at 4:36
Why did Britain and France not declare war against the Soviet Union when it invaded Poland in WW2?
Awarded Jan 16, 2016 at 20:03
What factors enabled Europe to conquer almost the whole world? [closed]
Awarded Jan 8, 2016 at 2:06
How did Germany rebuild so quickly after World War I?
Awarded Dec 15, 2015 at 2:53
How did the US/South Vietnam lose the Vietnam war?
Awarded Dec 14, 2015 at 21:16
How much do we know about Emperor Ashoka?
Awarded Dec 10, 2015 at 7:29
Why does Europe have so few skyscrapers compared to East Asia?
Awarded Dec 6, 2015 at 17:28
What does the skull and crossbones on the Nazi uniform represent?
Awarded Nov 26, 2015 at 0:43
Why did Greeks and Romans dilute their wine?
Awarded Nov 23, 2015 at 16:08
Did India turn down a permanent seat in the UN in 1955?
Awarded Nov 17, 2015 at 6:43
How did the Catholic Pope manage to become more powerful than Kings in old Europe?
Awarded Nov 16, 2015 at 2:53
How far could an English war bow shoot?
Awarded Nov 12, 2015 at 13:19
What impact did the Seven Years War have on the American Revolution?
Awarded Nov 11, 2015 at 3:06
Why did Hitler declare war on the USA?
Awarded Nov 10, 2015 at 0:42
Is it true that Spartan soldiers fought naked?
Awarded Nov 9, 2015 at 10:07
How did Moscow become the capital/most important city in Russia?
Awarded Nov 6, 2015 at 8:32
What was the actual value of tea destroyed during the Boston Tea Party?
Awarded Oct 27, 2015 at 16:01
Does the forearm grip/handshake have a historical basis?
Awarded Oct 15, 2015 at 2:35
Did Erwin König Exist?
Awarded Oct 9, 2015 at 7:24
Did Native Americans ever fight the indigenous people living in Mexico before Europeans arrived?
Awarded Oct 5, 2015 at 7:48
What was the average height of Roman men and women?
Awarded Oct 3, 2015 at 23:59
Why was Britain willing to return Hong Kong but not Gibraltar?
Awarded Oct 3, 2015 at 20:03
Can someone give me an example of stimulus diffusion from history? [closed]
Awarded Sep 28, 2015 at 12:44
Were there Samurai equivalents in Korea or China?
Awarded Sep 26, 2015 at 8:19
What was Muhammad's religion before becoming a Muslim prophet?
Awarded Sep 24, 2015 at 13:22
Did Hitler really support Subhash Chandra Bose's cause and did he do anything to help Bose?
Awarded Sep 24, 2015 at 2:04
How did Israel win the Six-Day War?
Awarded Sep 22, 2015 at 2:59
How do Tamahagane, Damascus, and Toledo Steel compare?
Awarded Sep 17, 2015 at 20:42
What were the long-term effects of Reconstruction in the South?
Awarded Sep 17, 2015 at 19:57
Was Alexander the Great Greek or Macedonian?
Awarded Sep 17, 2015 at 12:59
Why was 19th-century Japan able to modernize and not China?
Awarded Sep 3, 2015 at 20:28
Why are the USA and Canada's states border so straight?
Awarded Sep 3, 2015 at 2:24
Where did the Gaels originate?
Awarded Aug 31, 2015 at 3:27
Why was Germany held accountable for WW1?
Awarded Aug 23, 2015 at 2:52
If the nazi is a far-right party, why is it socialist? [closed]
Awarded Aug 13, 2015 at 12:07
How severe were the casualties in ancient/medieval battles?
Awarded Jul 24, 2015 at 5:57
What was Finland's position in World War Two? [closed]
Awarded Jul 12, 2015 at 16:20
What was the ratio of German to Soviet losses on Eastern front during different stages of the war?
Awarded Jul 6, 2015 at 23:36
Why did Nazi soldiers do Hitler's bidding?
Awarded May 30, 2015 at 4:41
Which religion was the first monotheistic one?
Awarded May 26, 2015 at 8:37
How many people in the US starved to death during the Great Depression?
Awarded May 6, 2015 at 12:37
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