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How much was the wealthy elite harmed by the Bolshevik revolution?
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Why did Robert F. Kennedy loathe Lyndon B. Johnson?
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Are there military commanders other than Khalid ibn al-Walid who have never been defeated?
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When did prostitution become illegal in the United States and why? [closed]
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What would be a typical rank for KGB intelligence officers spying abroad in the 1980s?
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Early modern vs late modern vs post modern?
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At what age did samurai children start going into battles in the Sengoku era?
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What is the historical significance of pottery?
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Why did European writers and artists continue to depict the Moors as being black skinned, even though they were mostly Berbers and Arabs
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Why in most German places is the church the tallest building?
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When did the Romans finally acknowledge that they were living in an empire?
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What was the most accurate map of the world before artificial satellites?
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Why weren't the Faroe Islands ever conquered by Britain?
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What was the age of majority in England in the 1870s?
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Which edition of de Tocqueville contains the phrase "The great experiment"?
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Is it true that Hitler led to the invention of the atomic bomb by the Americans?
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Did Gandhi ever make a comment about Islam?
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How were medieval castles built in swamps or marshes without draining them?
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How did the Axis intend to hold the Caucasus?
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How did commoners in late medieval to early modern Europe learn to read?
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Why did helmets have this metal thing between the eyes?
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What makes a war be classified as a "world" war? [closed]
Awarded Feb 24, 2022 at 21:42
Who is the historical figure in McCarthy's speech, "When a great democracy is destroyed..."?
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Was Islam really responsible for the Italian Renaissance?
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What was the most recent country to be conquered and disappear?
Awarded Feb 14, 2022 at 18:10
Did Roman troops suffer from PTSD?
Awarded Feb 1, 2022 at 0:41
What was the last public school to desegregate in the US? And when?
Awarded Jan 25, 2022 at 14:05
What language did Gaius Julius Caesar speak with Cleopatra?
Awarded Jan 20, 2022 at 17:00
Why did the Germans not encircle and besiege Stalingrad?
Awarded Jan 19, 2022 at 18:01
Why does Romanian culture have Latin influences?
Awarded Jan 16, 2022 at 11:03
Why was the Jay Treaty so hated by the American public?
Awarded Jan 14, 2022 at 1:09
Why weren't Harappan homes built of stones?
Awarded Jan 10, 2022 at 13:50
How did ships acquire targets beyond the horizon in WWI?
Awarded Jan 10, 2022 at 5:26
Why did Civil War officers tell their men to "aim low"?
Awarded Jan 9, 2022 at 6:15
Did German submarines communicate with allied convoys during battle?
Awarded Dec 28, 2021 at 20:46
Why were North American indigenous peoples underdeveloped?
Awarded Dec 27, 2021 at 1:55
When and where, exactly, did the concept of a male god eating grapes orginate?
Awarded Dec 23, 2021 at 23:28
Why didn't Marathas rule Delhi officially?
Awarded Dec 14, 2021 at 14:42
Did early American settlers have to buy their land from the government?
Awarded Dec 11, 2021 at 1:21
Who first said "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."?
Awarded Dec 4, 2021 at 18:46
What are the factors that caused the new world civilizations to be less technologically advanced than the old world?
Awarded Dec 4, 2021 at 18:17
Who is Alexandra K. Trenfor? Is this quote accurate?
Awarded Dec 2, 2021 at 18:51
Before entering WW II, why was the US so against Japanese aggression in China but did nothing about Germany in Europe?
Awarded Dec 1, 2021 at 22:20
When were country of origin labels (e.g. Made in France) introduced?
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Did the Spartans really taunt Philip II of Macedon with a single word?
Awarded Nov 21, 2021 at 1:04
What is the longest name chain?
Awarded Oct 7, 2021 at 18:56
What's the correct term for a waitress in the Middle Ages?
Awarded Sep 30, 2021 at 16:48
How did people cut "pieces of eight"?
Awarded Sep 16, 2021 at 18:32
Why didn't cheese spoil when it was given as rations to soldiers?
Awarded Sep 12, 2021 at 17:17
What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme?
Awarded Sep 9, 2021 at 12:32
What does a leaning cross on a gravestone mean?
Awarded Aug 29, 2021 at 2:55
Are there confirmed cases where a country changed its language without being conquered?
Awarded Aug 24, 2021 at 12:26
Why was the Ottoman empire not seen as an Arabic empire?
Awarded Aug 16, 2021 at 14:25
Which of these quotes are actually Einstein's (if any)?
Awarded Aug 16, 2021 at 2:34
Has anyone survived triggering a bounding landmine? [closed]
Awarded Jul 27, 2021 at 8:11
What was the alcoholic beverage of choice for British soldiers during WW2?
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