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Do historians agree that most wars are caused by religion?
Nov 28 '18 at 9:29
233
Did the ancients or other pre-industrial civilisations engage in unsustainable practices?
Nov 15 '17 at 11:25
170
How do historians and linguists know how to pronounce the names from non-phonetic scripts?
Dec 7 '17 at 18:35
142
Did medieval scholars believe the Earth was round?
May 17 '18 at 9:48
113
Why was Poland spared from the Black Death?
Oct 19 '14 at 20:00
100
Why was Britain willing to return Hong Kong but not Gibraltar?
Dec 22 '14 at 7:55
99
What did babies eat before the advent of modern blenders?
Jan 4 '19 at 5:12
98
Have any astronauts or cosmonauts died in space?
Feb 20 '19 at 7:28
96
Why didn't Roman emperors have harems?
Sep 24 '15 at 19:48
96
How much smaller were medieval farm animals in England than today?
Jan 9 '18 at 14:34
90
Why do the pyramids show less erosion than the Sphinx?
Apr 11 '18 at 11:55
84
Why does Japan use the same type of AC power outlet as the US?
Aug 14 '19 at 13:55
83
Why didn't Britain's nuclear weapons deter Argentina from invading the Falklands?
Jun 19 '14 at 15:01
82
Why did Chamberlain remain Prime Minister of Britain until 10 May, 1940?
Mar 2 '18 at 11:03
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How do we know baroque art depicted obese ladies because of a different ideal of beauty?
Jan 10 '19 at 12:20
77
Why aren't there any Chinese colonies?
Mar 23 '15 at 17:42
76
Was race really unimportant in the 1660's?
May 17 '18 at 6:49
72
Why didn't line infantry tactics try to keep up a constant volley of fire?
Jul 13 '18 at 2:41
72
Has there ever been a cold war other than between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.?
Jul 1 '19 at 3:11
72
How was Germany able to hold itself together, while Austria-Hungary could not?
Dec 21 '17 at 15:59
69
Why was the Council of Nicea held in Nicea rather than Rome or Constantinople?
Jun 22 '18 at 8:35
64
Could women be crucified under Roman law?
Aug 13 '15 at 7:29
61
Which battle was the most lopsided result in terms of casualties?
Nov 8 '19 at 10:17
58
Why was the Cold War carried out over the whole world instead of between Siberia and Alaska?
Feb 6 '18 at 13:48
58
Why does the King of Spain still claim defunct titles like the King of Hungary?
Jan 24 '18 at 1:18
56
Were Medieval Britons aware of the existence of the Roman Empire?
Nov 7 '14 at 6:55
56
Is it true that Proto-Ukrainians conquered Europe and India?
Dec 5 '14 at 2:46
55
Why did Hitler not invade Sweden?
Oct 22 '14 at 19:32
54
Why didn't Japan take Pearl Harbor when they had the chance?
Jan 23 '18 at 17:15
54
Are there precedents of 'I am not a racist' from US Presidents?
Jan 15 '18 at 14:02
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