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Is there a reason why Turkey took the Balkan territories of the Ottoman Empire, instead of Greece or another of the Balkan states?
May 5 '19 at 15:35
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How did passengers keep warm on sail ships?
Apr 11 '19 at 21:48
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Has an individual ever purchased an entire country?
Oct 5 '18 at 2:37
47
What knowledge may have been lost at the Library of Alexandria?
Dec 19 '13 at 18:18
47
Why did the Soviet Union close its borders and restrict travel abroad?
Jul 1 '15 at 6:13
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Why did the Soviet Union name their strongest bomb Tsar Bomba?
Mar 28 '18 at 0:02
44
Why did Germany not join the United Nations until 1973?
Mar 11 '16 at 0:59
37
Why was France given such a lenient peace after Napoleon was defeated?
Jun 7 '15 at 5:19
36
Was Islam really responsible for the Italian Renaissance?
Mar 4 '15 at 13:49
34
How were books published in Ancient Greece?
May 3 '16 at 13:20
33
After the fall of the Roman Empire, where did their armor go? Was it used by any dark ages forces?
May 15 '18 at 4:37
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When did the hypocrisy to call a dictatorship “free, democratic, republic etc.” start?
Sep 7 '15 at 1:36
30
What is the historical background of the current Ukraine crisis?
Feb 21 '14 at 0:27
30
Why did the person in charge of a principality not just declare themself king?
May 22 '19 at 13:11
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At the time of Sputnik, what kind of radios were common in the Soviet Union?
Sep 9 '16 at 19:26
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Has there ever been a battle with only a single survivor?
Jan 19 '16 at 5:14
27
When did the Soviets get the ability to drop a nuclear bomb on the United States?
Mar 5 '17 at 14:02
26
Were the Islamic Caliphates (Umayyad and Abbasid) and the Mongol Empires truly as benevolent as they are portrayed?
Oct 2 '15 at 12:37
25
Is history always written by the victors?
Dec 19 '13 at 17:34
25
What is the oldest road tunnel in the world?
Feb 23 '18 at 17:18
23
Which king was this?
Apr 9 '17 at 1:11
23
How far away could one be and still see the atom bomb explosions?
Mar 28 '15 at 14:11
20
What was the largest empire in terms of time of communication between its two ends?
Jul 24 '15 at 19:45
20
Did they really have automatic anti-aircraft cannons in WW2?
Mar 6 '20 at 2:13
20
When did Greek historians stop believing Greek mythology to be historical fact?
Mar 31 '16 at 12:20
20
Why did US Navy WW2 torpedoes detonate at the end of their run?
Feb 25 '17 at 7:00
19
Solzhenitsyn's History of Russian Jews
Mar 16 '17 at 3:14
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Where are the ancient books now?
Apr 8 '16 at 13:04
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Did a German plane really land in Moscow in 1941 May?
Jul 14 '18 at 8:25
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Are there any accounts written by torturers on their actions?
Oct 6 '20 at 18:57
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