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Are these depictions of ancient Greek and Roman libraries "scroll-shelves" historically accurate?
Awarded Sep 4 at 13:35
How does one find historic prices for goods?
Awarded Aug 19 at 16:17
Why did English medieval inheritance law have coheiresses but not coheirs?
Awarded Aug 13 at 17:49
How was Germany able to hold itself together, while Austria-Hungary could not?
Awarded Apr 15 at 18:08
What was the expected survival time for a person infected with syphillis in the 1930s?
Awarded Jan 19 at 20:27
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Awarded Jan 15 at 0:51
Were regular citizens of the Republic of Venice permitted to own and carry arms/weapons?
Awarded Nov 15, 2023 at 17:15
Was Dumas' Three Musketeers portraying 17th century France accurate? Alternatives?
Awarded Nov 11, 2023 at 7:55
Do we know of pagan creation myths that had a creation week?
Awarded Jul 31, 2023 at 10:25
Given that there were there larger, more organised civilisations in South America compared to NA, why did they not colonise North America themselves?
Awarded Jul 6, 2023 at 21:26
Who was the model for Trutat's famous painting Nude Girl on a Panther Skin?
Awarded Jul 2, 2023 at 20:30
Did the Europeans benefit economically from the scramble for Africa?
Awarded Apr 30, 2023 at 22:25
Is this newspaper article describing the Battle of Glorieta Pass?
Awarded Mar 31, 2023 at 3:07
What is the origin of the expression "I'm the culture they're dying for"?
Awarded Mar 10, 2023 at 21:41
What "silly places" (according to Muggeridge) did Nikita Khrushchev go to during his visit in the United Kingdom?
Awarded Dec 16, 2022 at 13:55
Which Roman writer wrote this passage?
Awarded May 9, 2022 at 8:17
What is the nature of the Hyksos territory in Transjordan and northern Arabia depicted on these maps?
Awarded Apr 30, 2022 at 23:26
How common was cannibalism in Christian Europe until the 17th century?
Awarded Jul 29, 2021 at 7:20
Where does this quote come from?
Awarded Jul 25, 2021 at 13:48
Would the gun crews have different responsibilities aboard a 17th century ship than on the USS Constitution?
Awarded Jun 17, 2021 at 13:32
Was the tariff that Alexander Hamilton wanted to create (in his Financial Plan) ever put into action by Hamilton?
Awarded May 22, 2021 at 22:45
What do we know about Hitler/OKW's plans concerning USSR if Molotov/Ribbentropp Pact hadn't happened?
Awarded May 19, 2021 at 19:47
When did the terms, 1-point, 2,-point, 3-point, etc... perspective come into use?
Awarded Mar 21, 2021 at 19:43
How do art historians study the transactions of art merchants?
Awarded Mar 20, 2021 at 14:57
How did the US military "put the 'go slow'" on the use of force in the Vietnam War since the Tet Offensive?
Awarded Jan 26, 2021 at 13:26
Were Arctic communities aware how different daylight cycles were elsewhere?
Awarded Dec 29, 2020 at 4:27
How do we know that prehistoric hunter-gatherer societies were egalitarian?
Awarded Dec 26, 2020 at 15:57
Was the Kingdom of Nri truly pacifistic?
Awarded Dec 10, 2020 at 16:16
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Awarded Oct 28, 2020 at 2:51
What are the red and white sectors of The Tower of Babel (Rotterdam)?
Awarded Sep 23, 2020 at 17:06
What is the connection between the rise of modern football in the UK and the shortening of the work week?
Awarded Aug 19, 2020 at 12:40
How did pagination come to be used?
Awarded Jul 4, 2020 at 1:27
When did podium girls first appear?
Awarded Jun 21, 2020 at 12:12
What happened when the Çatalhöyük burial holes were full and the houses had no more room?
Awarded Jun 17, 2020 at 11:27
Why was the Gilgamesh flood tablet such a sensation?
Awarded Jun 10, 2020 at 11:25
How were ancient Indian mathematical texts found to modern scholarship?
Awarded May 28, 2020 at 15:41
How did the Hansa organize river trade in the 14th and 15th centuries?
Awarded May 27, 2020 at 5:49
What is the meaning of the cross on a Chinese bronze Gu Chalice?
Awarded May 25, 2020 at 13:17
Were there any travel restrictions during the Black Death pandemic?
Awarded May 5, 2020 at 5:05
What ring is this?
Awarded May 4, 2020 at 19:20
Has there ever been any assassination so that another assassination could happen during the first one's funeral?
Awarded Apr 29, 2020 at 12:02
How did gong farmers see when cleaning out cesspits?
Awarded Apr 5, 2020 at 23:55
Request for information about an Auschwitz-Birkenau story
Awarded Mar 19, 2020 at 16:10
What sort of maps did the ancient Greeks make and distribute?
Awarded Feb 19, 2020 at 14:55
Was there some deliberate significance to the number of divisions in the proposed post-WW2 joint communist-nationalist Chinese army being 108?
Awarded Feb 11, 2020 at 23:35
Did average church-goers understand mass in Latin?
Awarded Feb 5, 2020 at 15:00
Help me identify this pin?
Awarded Nov 24, 2019 at 22:10
Why didn't battleship Bismarck have more support?
Awarded Nov 14, 2019 at 12:40
What did it mean to be a "Jacobite" at the turn of the 20th Century?
Awarded Sep 18, 2019 at 21:10
Are there historical instances of the capital of a colonising country being temporarily or permanently shifted to one of its colonies?
Awarded Jul 29, 2019 at 13:15
How much damage did Farragut do to Confederate supplies in spring/summer 1863?
Awarded Jul 25, 2019 at 15:35
Why did the negotiations between Henry V of England and France fail?
Awarded Jul 18, 2019 at 17:55
What did Hitler mean with the following statement about Franco?
Awarded May 30, 2019 at 19:40
What is the etymological origin of the Marsi, the ancient Italic people?
Awarded May 30, 2019 at 3:55
Did USS Buck (DD-761) send the message “Temper, Temper”?
Awarded Apr 6, 2019 at 17:05
Historical Statistical Analysis on the Length of Court Proceedings in the US?
Awarded Apr 5, 2019 at 0:10
Are there any sources of historical land use/land cover data for the United Kingdom and Ireland?
Awarded Feb 16, 2019 at 22:10
Did the Nazi regime always or often prioritize transport trains to the death camps over military transport?
Awarded Jan 23, 2019 at 8:40
Why did physicians recommend curing the "dancing plague" with more dancing?
Awarded Jan 22, 2019 at 3:45
How can I understand the effect of the Sonderweg on the Revolution of 1848?
Awarded Jan 15, 2019 at 20:40
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