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Why was the spice trade so profitable in the 15th century?

How common are major cities not built by abundant water?

When studying about the history of, say, Philippines, is it generally better to prioritize the works of Filipino Historians than foreign historians?

Are there any British peers whose surname matches their title?

What do these lines on the origins of Hindu/Muslim communal consciousness mean?

Why did Chamberlain act to appease Hitler leading up to the outbreak of World War 2?

Who is the Amyrtaios of Herodotus?

Why does Edinburgh Castle's one o'clock gun fire at 1pm instead of, say, noon?

Fanons 'Concerning Violence' makes the point that Nazism was the culminating point of the project of European Colonialism, how true is that?

Has any country won a war, but lost a non-trivial portion of its territory?

In epic migrations, why keep going?

Why did Nazi soldiers do Hitler's bidding?

Were the NKVD hated by the regular army like the SS was?

Did American POW’s get manipulated into cooperation in Chinese camps during the Korean War?

Why was there a sharp decline in the number of municipalities in West Germany in the 1970s?

What is the source for the Baal Shem Tov's signature?

During the American Civil war did gunboats range far into enemy territory?

What is known of the religion/mythology/legends of the Polynesians who migrated into Oceania?

Building of the pyramids

Why is the consensus that WW2 started on September 1, 1939 and not July 7, 1937?

Identify these Cold War speeches from a movie trailer

Is this story about the Tsar's encounter with a sergeant true?

Did Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, leader of the Awami league win any seats in West Pakistan in the 1971 elections?

How would an American returning from international travel prove his citizenship before 1914?

Comparing Percentage Of Spanish Nobility Migrating To Latin America To Percentage Of Pan-European Nobility Migrating To USA And Canada

Where can I find a blank outline of Silk Road routes?

Has there ever been a case where a tribe/nation tried to reclaim the land they had left before?

Why did the Sassanid and the Eastern Roman Empire fail to make a lasting peace?

What were the names of these two Ancient Greek boxing/pankration legends?

What defenses did Lee leave behind when the Army of Northern Virginia left for Gettysburg?

Was There Compensation For Requisitioned / Impressed Aircraft In WW2?

Why did the Japanese Navy convert Kaga to an Aircraft Carrier?

From which Russian-American Company ship did Osip Volkov defect to Mexico?

What were George Washington's beliefs behind the Church of England and Catholic practice?

What's a good general history book on Italy, 1400-1600?

How did Quebec transition from French Law to English Law?

In the past were there gifts on the days leading up to Christmas instead of them all being on the one day?

Is my comparison on the significance of black and red pottery plausible?

Did the Soviets have an official campaign to remove foreign nationals to Siberia?

Besides Magna Carta and general decentralization, what specifically led to democratization in England?

Why were crusaders called "Latins"?

How Was Roman Military Equipment Created and Distributed

Have there been gay riots in the US?

Is there evidence this weapon existed?

Why didn't Deng Xiaoping de-Maoify China after Mao's death?

Is there an edition of Gibbon's *Decline and Fall* that has been annotated by a modern historian?

What was Rousseau's point in "The Social Contract"?

Who thought there might be a war between the British Empire and the United States of America in the 1920s?

What role did the media have in the outcome of the "Arab Spring" revolt in Tunisia?

What determined the duration of preliminary bombardment at Omaha beach?

Why were Japanese escort ships not numerous at the battle of Bismarck Sea?

Caesar's comments on Celts(?)

Where is Hermodontus?

Did the PLO coordinate with Arab armies during the Six Day War?

Before the discovery of India, was it self sufficient in all areas?

Non Altered European Castles

Were women banned from entering the castle of Trakai?

Why didn't North American tribes use bog iron?

Why did the Chinese not use military power to force out early Portuguese, Dutch and English trade encroachments?

What was the purpose of the breastplate rings on samurai armor?

Why did the Germans fall behind the Americans in the development of the atomic bomb after an initial lead?

Italian & Italian-American Internment camp locations in the United States in WWII

Why are doughnuts toroidal?

What was the role of the Russian Orthodox church in Soviet Russia?

Are there any antisemitic caricatures from France during the interwar period?

Where is Heinrich Martin Weber's grave located?

Why did overestimated coins led to inflation and well-estimated coins to deflation?

When were the first mosques established in Constantinople?

What heavy industrial work, if any, was done in USSR 1923-1927?

Medieval wall and garment patterns

Is the first visually recorded use of anti-cavalry defences on the Bayeux Tapestry?

Were American mortars better than Soviet ones during WWII?

Can someone help me identify this coin?

what was the world population around 1880?

How did people cut their nails in the past?

Why did Burgers' Transvaal try to build rail east?

Why did Britain decide to issue perpetual bonds during Napoleonic era?

Where do the terms Red Team and Blue Team come from?

Why are pre-Harappan strata grouped together with Early Harappan strata? Does this not obfuscate the development of the civilization?

Does anyone know anything about medieval instant pottage?

Did any relatives of Fritz Haber (the inventor of poison gas) die in the gas chambers?

How did Charles de Gaulle become the leading figure of French liberation movement?

Was Ludwig von Mises a holocaust survivor?

Did pre-16th century Europeans call the Pacific Ocean the Atlantic?

How did ancient Dravidians tell the time?

Does anyone know a quote, from an opponent of MLK (e.g. a sheriff) which presents him as radical?

Was there really a whale skeleton in Jaffa?

Are rural residents more likely to survive large scale war (> 1 million deaths) than urban residents? (Data based answers only)

What are the intellectual roots of the "French Republican identity" pursuit?

Was there any empire that was destroyed while still expanding?

Wouldn't shortening the front also shorten it for the enemy?

Considering what was known about Hitler in 1933, why would German bishops declare that Catholics could cooperate with the new State?

When was the 50 billionth human born?

Representative early Anglican hymns?

How did changes in the balance of land versus naval balance of power prevent England from being successfully invaded by foreign powers after 1066?

How come Incas believed that the Spanish were the incarnation of their “thunder god”?

Are there any historical examples of (non government-approved) fake news having a strong effect?

Were Draco’s laws particularly “draconian” at the time they were enacted?

Keynesian economics during his era

Are there any reasonable sources of data on numbers of religious adherents, for different religions, throughout history?

Why were harvest times in Cyrenaica earlier than in Greece in antiquity?

What size are these mosaics of Justinian and Theodora?

What do written sources say about disability in early civilisations?

What was the biggest shipbuilding centre in Europe during the Second Industrial Revolution?

Is there a term for the principle of preferring earlier statements over later statements made by historical eye witnesses?

Which submarine was invented first?

Why did WW1 soldiers carry so much equipment?

What was the first confirmed use of black powder to blow stuff up in war (in China and in Europe)?

What is the name of the king whose brother has been raised as a girl?

Where and how did scientists of the 18th and 19th century learn foreign languages?

Did Japan have any continental colonies before modern times?

What were the regimental colors of the 18th NY Infantry Regiment?

Who was the Irishman that betrayed Coronel's gold claim?

Was there a time when a Senator was wheeled in from the hospital to cast a deciding vote not to do something?

Why did Germany request compensation after the Agadir (2nd Moroccan) crisis?

How did horses become animals of fancy while donkeys largely didn't?

Did the ancient Greeks ever climb Mt. Olympus?

Did any of the Flying Tigers lead a US Navy squadron?

How true to the originals are Che Guevara's published diaries?

What was the estimated population of the Mississippi Valley before contact with Europeans?

Was the flexibility of German army a big contributor to their success?

What demographic of people were the Ford Motor's Company biggest customers during the car boom of the early twentieth Century?

What plane would have been used to airdrop someone into occupied Europe?

Who is the officer/soldier in a cave that received a morale boost from a spider?

What does MLK mean by "lonely island" and "vast ocean"?

Why did the Dutch West India Company allow Quakers in the New Netherlands?

Can anybody identify the cap-badge and/or uniform in this image?

Did any country threaten war on the US because they didn't pay their debt after the Revolutionary War?

How do Friedman and Bernanke's explanations about the causes of the Great Depression compare?

When was the last documented occasion that Arab or Ottoman slave traders abducted people from Europe?

When were the first heating apparatus used for bathing?

In Alta California, who worked at the Ranchos del Rey?

What effect did tanks have on warfare strategies upon their introduction?

How was Germany's border decided?

Are there any communist leaders without a record of acts we consider as a crime (against humanity)?

Is there a definition of history separate from the definition of politics?

Has there ever been an archbishop or bishop younger than the 16-year-old James of Nicosia?

Who was head of Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 1907-1908?

Was Vox In Rama a factor of the quick spread of the Black Plague?

Which astronomical events have been the most important in dating historical events?

Why were women targeted as witches?

What is the earliest reference to "space aliens"?

Who sold this book in London in the 1930s?

What were the population demographics in the South during the Hayes/Tilden election?

Did all writing civilizations eventually produce cryptography?

What Roman legions in Hispania revolted against Caesar before the battle at Munda?

When and how did David become the mascot of Florence?

Was Kamehameha I unique in elevating so many foreigners?

Why did some people need to pay a bond in the 1700s in order to get married?

Could Thomas Jefferson have ever heard Mozart's Symphony No. 40, KV. 550?

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