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How does one find historic prices for goods?
Awarded Aug 23 at 17:31
Why did English medieval inheritance law have coheiresses but not coheirs?
Awarded Aug 17 at 18:19
How was Germany able to hold itself together, while Austria-Hungary could not?
Awarded Apr 18 at 0:50
Were regular citizens of the Republic of Venice permitted to own and carry arms/weapons?
Awarded Nov 21, 2023 at 16:48
Who was the model for Trutat's famous painting Nude Girl on a Panther Skin?
Awarded Jul 5, 2023 at 0:15
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 Apr 9, 2023 at 18:00
What is the origin of the expression "I'm the culture they're dying for"?
Awarded Mar 14, 2023 at 22:33
What "silly places" (according to Muggeridge) did Nikita Khrushchev go to during his visit in the United Kingdom?
Awarded Dec 20, 2022 at 7:26
What is the nature of the Hyksos territory in Transjordan and northern Arabia depicted on these maps?
Awarded May 7, 2022 at 17:27
Where was the Battle of Antioch (613 CE) fought?
Awarded Mar 23, 2022 at 4:26
Where are the relics of Anthony the Great?
Awarded Oct 5, 2021 at 21:27
Where can I find biographical details on Bernardino (Dino) Barozzi?
Awarded Aug 17, 2021 at 14:08
Would the gun crews have different responsibilities aboard a 17th century ship than on the USS Constitution?
Awarded Jun 18, 2021 at 13:56
What do we know about Hitler/OKW's plans concerning USSR if Molotov/Ribbentropp Pact hadn't happened?
Awarded May 26, 2021 at 15:17
When did the terms, 1-point, 2,-point, 3-point, etc... perspective come into use?
Awarded Mar 26, 2021 at 6:51
Were Arctic communities aware how different daylight cycles were elsewhere?
Awarded Jan 4, 2021 at 14:56
Was the Kingdom of Nri truly pacifistic?
Awarded Dec 18, 2020 at 13:02
What are the red and white sectors of The Tower of Babel (Rotterdam)?
Awarded Sep 24, 2020 at 19:08
What is the connection between the rise of modern football in the UK and the shortening of the work week?
Awarded Aug 25, 2020 at 8:06
How did pagination come to be used?
Awarded Jul 10, 2020 at 2:20
What happened when the Çatalhöyük burial holes were full and the houses had no more room?
Awarded Jun 18, 2020 at 15:11
Why was the Gilgamesh flood tablet such a sensation?
Awarded Jun 11, 2020 at 11:26
How were ancient Indian mathematical texts found to modern scholarship?
Awarded Jun 2, 2020 at 7:41
What is the meaning of the cross on a Chinese bronze Gu Chalice?
Awarded May 29, 2020 at 15:57
What ring is this?
Awarded May 11, 2020 at 21:08
Were there any travel restrictions during the Black Death pandemic?
Awarded May 6, 2020 at 18:18
Has there ever been any assassination so that another assassination could happen during the first one's funeral?
Awarded May 6, 2020 at 12:09
How did gong farmers see when cleaning out cesspits?
Awarded Apr 13, 2020 at 3:20
What was the de facto rule by which the imperial title was transmitted in various Chinese dynasties?
Awarded Apr 10, 2020 at 23:00
Request for information about an Auschwitz-Birkenau story
Awarded Mar 25, 2020 at 16:10
What sort of maps did the ancient Greeks make and distribute?
Awarded Feb 21, 2020 at 10:30
Why didn't battleship Bismarck have more support?
Awarded Nov 18, 2019 at 9:10
Did officers use cases / bags / pouches in the 18th century?
Awarded Jul 13, 2019 at 13:15
What did Hitler mean with the following statement about Franco?
Awarded Jun 1, 2019 at 1:50
What is the etymological origin of the Marsi, the ancient Italic people?
Awarded May 31, 2019 at 16:40
Did USS Buck (DD-761) send the message “Temper, Temper”?
Awarded Apr 12, 2019 at 20:10
Why did physicians recommend curing the "dancing plague" with more dancing?
Awarded Jan 28, 2019 at 16:05
Did the Nazi regime always or often prioritize transport trains to the death camps over military transport?
Awarded Jan 24, 2019 at 15:15
How can I understand the effect of the Sonderweg on the Revolution of 1848?
Awarded Jan 22, 2019 at 18:50
What factors led to much higher US war bond sales and participation rates in WWII over that of WWI?
Awarded Dec 10, 2018 at 0:00
Is there an edition of Gibbon's *Decline and Fall* that has been annotated by a modern historian?
Awarded Sep 28, 2018 at 19:20
Yamato class 3rd ship?
Awarded Sep 25, 2018 at 20:25
Emancipation Proclamation in a tweet
Awarded Sep 4, 2018 at 0:50
When did Josef Wissarionowitsch become "sexy" Stalin?
Awarded Aug 31, 2018 at 8:10
Why did the ancient Romans use groups of eight?
Awarded Jul 24, 2018 at 1:51
Why bother to attack in trench warfare?
Awarded Jul 22, 2018 at 7:19
Did any Native Americans make tomahawks from metal?
Awarded Jul 2, 2018 at 5:32
What was the perception of the average British person of the Boston Tea Party?
Awarded Apr 30, 2018 at 13:11
How much did it cost to attend events at the ancient Roman colosseum?
Awarded Apr 23, 2018 at 20:24
Can anyone find a picture of NSDAP & KPD Workers eating lunch together in 1932 during Berlin Transit Workers Strike?
Awarded Feb 15, 2018 at 11:52
Did Marduk-balassu-iqbi help Assur-Danin-Pal?
Awarded Jan 20, 2018 at 1:53
What universities existed in Dutch East Indies, and how available were they to the native population?
Awarded Dec 1, 2017 at 19:26
When did Europeans make Sunday rather than Saturday the seventh day?
Awarded Nov 22, 2017 at 0:56
How would Zenobia's associates and servants address her?
Awarded Sep 28, 2017 at 17:49
What were the major imports and exports of Germany and France from 1850-1915?
Awarded Jul 29, 2017 at 5:23
Was Mid-Night always considered the transition point between two days in Gregorian/Julian Calendars?
Awarded Jul 16, 2017 at 22:32
How much of what we know about ancient philosophers comes from oral literature?
Awarded Jul 13, 2017 at 19:52
Did Spain and the Republic of China (Kuomintang) have diplomatic relations between 1931 and 1939? Were they friendly or unfriendly?
Awarded May 16, 2017 at 8:36
Did ancient or medieval warriors "substitute" in and out of combat?
Awarded May 15, 2017 at 13:46
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