history-information

Why was Mexico's former ruling party named the *Institutional* Revolutionary Party?

Can anyone help identify this soldier's uniform?

Where were there fractal structures in ancient Rome?

The original Lord Haw Haw's life in exile (Ireland)

Why did the British have so few destroyers going into World War II?

Has a foreign power ever sought to compel another country to abide by international law by means of that country's internal judiciary?

Was there a viable alternate supply route to Australia during World War II?

How, exactly, was 30% of Russia's industrial capacity distributed "in and around Moscow" in 1941?

What was the meaning of Auguste Delfosse's statement "La liberté française pour faire le tour du monde n'a pas besoin de passer en Belgique!"

How important were "columnar" strategies in Japan's invasion of China?

Legendary visits by Alexander the Great

When was the temple of Artemis at Ephesus destroyed?

Why did this post card not allow communication with Japan?

Why did WW1 soldiers carry so much equipment?

Was there hostile contact between deployed US forces and Sandinista forces during Operation Golden Pheasant?

Was every Roman citizen part of a curia?

How are Julian and Gregorian dates usually represented in historical works?

What was the policy on academic research being published beyond the iron curtain?

World War 1: Why did Italy not fight until 1915?

In England in 1700, would defending property with lethal force be illegal at all?

Where was Haile Selassie's palace in the Ogaden Desert?

Were the North Vietnamese close to collapse in 1972?

What (else) happened July 1st 1858 in London?

Why did the southern states secede from the U.S.?

Why did Bavaria join Prussia/Germany instead of Austria?

Could Great Britain have built the British Empire if it was not the pioneer of the Industrial Revolution?

What was the difference in the minds of the Romans between human sacrifice and gladiator games?

Why did Homer’s Greeks sack so many cities in the Trojan War? Does it make them mostly pirates and slave raiders?

Why didn't Delhi became part of Pakistan?

How many Scots were present at the Battle of Bauge?

Who left Fort Ross to defect to Mexico?

When was the last state militia abandoned?

Why does Alexander the Great call Greeks free men while Persians slaves?

When did key locks first appear?

Was Otto Carius fair in his assessment of American forces vs. Russians?

What is it called when a Corporation purchases the rights to something to prevent it's production, to increase profit

Can you help me identify this Italian Royal Army Uniform?

Which European country sent the most slaves to the Americas?

Why was Bulgaria at war with both the Allied and the Axis at the end of WWII?

Are there any accounts of everyday life during the Black Death?

What Roman institutions were obsolete by the end of the Republic?

Why would this word have been an unsuitable name in Communist Poland? Is it because it's a racial slur?

What was the total megatonnage of all munitions expended in World War 2?

Did the bounty on bin Laden ever get paid?

Why were the Merovingians so reviled?

Movie refers to "denouncing a neighbor"--as a Jew? or a Jewish sympathizer? or both?

What were the factors that aided Margaret Thatcher in her victory against the trade unions when her predecessors failed?

Who is the oldest ruler whose remains can be positively identified?

Did Jefferson really say this quote about patriotism?

How would a family travel from Indiana to Texas in 1911?

How were British monarchs educated about military strategy in the Middle Ages and early modern period?

Pinpointing the date of a globe

Is there any truth to the claim that freed slaves who moved to Liberia enslaved the local population?

Which city was attacked by Nazi-German war flights in India during WW2?

Why were the Germans during the Nazi era so inventive?

Primary annalistic sources for ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt

Was there Western tactical air support during the Battle for Berlin?

When was the first secular society?

What was the age of majority in 1900 United States?

Was the Iron curtain actually present at the time of the Fulton speech?

Military reforms after the battle of Manzikert?

Why did textile mill owners during the industrial revolution keep their factory windows closed?

Where can I find a picture or physical description of the A3 scramble telephone system?

CIA mole in Indira Gandhi's Cabinet

If Nietzsche was against anti-semitism, how did he become an inspiration to Hitler?

Were people happy under Ivan the terrible?

Who are these red flag worshipers from these early maps?

How much would votes sell for in early America?

How many times did the US experiment before dropping the atomic bomb in Japan?

How well did Lenin and Hitler knew each other? Were they some sort of friends?

Did Bill Gates steal the GUI concept from Steve Jobs?

Who on ship was responsible for purchases during the Age of Sail?

Did the USSR use trotskyism as a bogeyman in the post Stalin period?

What would be the problem if Turkey admits Armenian Massacre?

Why didn't the Ottoman Empire remain neutral in WW1?

Why did The Crown give assent to Apartheid legislation during the 1950s?

Is there any instance of part of a country successfully seceding and then unifying with a neighbouring country in the last century?

Were there inns and hostels in medieval Europe?

Did the Ottomans conquer Poland-Lithuania?

To what extent did the 1793 yellow fever outbreak in Philadelphia influence the process of relocating the capital to Washington DC in 1800?

Was German ever an official language in the USSR?

Has anyone tried to map the Tribal Hidage

Instances of Jauhar around the world

Why did conquered countries after WWII recover, but countries conquered later continue suffering?

Who was the first American born citizen to become President?

Where can I find this paper by Jean Buridan?

Who is the model in this Edward Burne-Jones painting?

How do archaeologists prove that two settlements belonged to the same civilization?

Why were "holding out" outposts a feature of the European war in 1944-5 but not 1940-1?

What tanks/armored vehicles are in these pictures?

What book on liberty did Lord Acton not write?

Why is Jewish God so Popular?

What was the hippie movement? Why did it decline?

Pythagoras: sinfulness of eating beans

Were the Puritans for a State Church?

When did the Holy Roman Empire collapse?

Why would selling watermelons in bulk be mocking?

19th century cabins: why were beds off the ground? Or weren't they?

Why did antique guns and swords from the Franco-Prussian War make part of the demilitarization program to which Germany was subjected?

Is this true that the Russian economy was efficient during war II?

Did the Romans hold the Isle of Wight and surrounding areas before the invasion in 43 AD?

Longest lasting government

How is the oldest bank in Mongolia only 24 years old?

How many officers on board Type VII-C U-boat?

Why did the Australian IOC deny that Peter Norman was excluded from the 1972 Olympics for supporting racial equality?

Is there any evidence of modern technology today that has been rediscovered?

What did Vikings wear in cold wet conditions at sea?

Would Stalin have dropped the nuclear bomb on Germany in 1945, if he had it then?

American Sniper book vs real life

Challenges Margaret Thatcher faced as a woman?

Does any evidence exist that suggests Hitler’s primary reason for declaring war on America was an attempt to draw Japan into his war with Russia?

Any information about what William Marshall (Guillaume le Marechal) did in the Holy Land?

Medieval Scottish clan society and legal structure

More honorable to plunder than to work for Germanic tribes in antiquity

What was the origin and purpose of the "Montes"?

To what extent the Jewish theatre of the late Antiquity resembled the Greek one?

What was it like to have type 1 diabetes in the early 20th century?

Is this old oval copper coin Chinese?

Before European influence circa 1600, did any Chinese believe the Earth was spherical, and did they ever try to measure it?

What were the FBI's motives for wanting to discredit MLK?

What were the key differences between United States' and Indian revolutions?

Who was the Holy Roman Emperor that was a travelling adventurer?

How did the British Navy pass orders to its fleet before radio?

What is this hallmark on silverware?

What did Nikolas Mystikos call his countrymen in official correspondence?

What caused the increase in world population rate around 1700's?

How did pumps work during the Age of Sail?

What 17C protocol left a princess standing whilst commoners sat?

Chronological plausibility of "liars don’t make good martyrs?"

A German immigrant ancestor has a "Registration Affidavit of Alien Enemy" on file. What does that mean exactly?

Have there ever been any instances of complete (or almost) world peace?

Did the medieval Europe have an active "lowbrow" culture?

Devastating air strike over Middle Eastern country during religious holiday

Why was the World Trade Center selected as a target by Al Qaeda?

Were Pharaohs still inscribed on walls and written on papyrus after their deaths?

Were there Jewish Cossacks in the 17th century?

Was it possible to navigate a river against the current on a medieval boat?

Did Romans piss into aqueducts as a joke?

Printing - When did advertisements in colour became commonplace?

What does Deng Xiaoping mean by "Hide your capacities, bide your time '?

Early Mis-Prediction of the Demand for Automobiles

Was the divinity of Roman Emperors taken as seriously as the actual Pagan Gods by other religious communities?

Was the communication between Spitfire and other fighters' pilots encrypted?

Were there "Taxes Paid" slave tattoos in the Roman Empire?

Was Theodoric the Great killed by Justinian?

How many surface ships have reached the North Pole?

What was the ethnic makeup of Lenin's bodyguards during the assassination attempt?

Is the use by old masters of camera obscura and optics in general a taboo topic in Art History, or was David Hockney's thesis wrong?

Is there any history of a government/ruling party refusing to accept a Supreme Court order?

Did Chinese emperors wear a rectangular hat with suspended gems?

Search Posts