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What happend to the other Kaabas?

What was the medium for Marcus Aurelius's Meditations?

Mesoamerican and Giza's Pyramids

Which town or village in Britain lost the greatest percentage of men in WWI due to "Pals Battalions"?

Why and how did the CIA/OSS support non-communist French trade unions after WWII?

List of Lend Lease deliveries by years

Are there any written records of Norse mythology dated prior to Christianization?

Has any losing general in history tried to save his mens' lives by offering to disband, rather than surrender, his army?

Has a government ever been elected with the full 100% of the votes?

How were little children dressed in medieval times?

British royal titles for regions not in Britain

What is the structure in front of the entrance to Menkaure's pyramid?

What is the historical explanation behind the name of the French village Ramatuelle?

Why do the British Queen's Guard and the Danish Royal Guard Company look so similar?

What kind of clothing was worn in Mahgreb states circa the high medieval period?

In Mongolian Conquests, how did they screen the population for engineers?

When did the U.S. Army start saying "oh-six-hundred" for "6 AM"?

Which was the first civilization to ban slavery?

What share of refugees crossed borders during WW2 and its aftermath?

What was the typical error with dead reckoning navigation?

Need help interpreting "silver" hallmark - 1706?

Were Egyptian Pharaohs literate?

Why did the Vikings stop raiding Europe?

What was the reason of extreme anti-Communism in the first half of 20th century?

Did Crusaders' siege Nablus and then massacre Muslims?

Why did China annex Tibet?

Did archers synchronize fire? Why?

Why does the USA only have two political parties?

Japan allying with Germany in WWII

Did the average height of men in late Victorian England decline due to poor nutrition?

Why was the German system of interlocking plates not used after WWII for armored vehicle construction?

Is it true that slavery was banned from discussion on the Senate and/or House floor before the American Civil War?

When did the Soviet Union stop blaming the Entente for WW2?

Why did Bavaria join Prussia/Germany instead of Austria?

How would Eastern European emigres have traveled across Eastern Europe to Warsaw in the early 20thC?

How popular was Mozart in France before WWII and after it?

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

Did Industrial Revolution economic systems rely on colonies?

Were Western (French, US or other) powers involved in the coup against Captain Sankara of Burkina Faso?

Did vikings really travel as far as the Middle-east?

Who was the first American woman to become a millionaire?

Please help identify this medal... German military?

How similar were Finnish and Lenape slash-and-burn agriculture?

What is the other ancient Indian magic trick described by Adi Shankaracharya?

Did any Native Americans adopt a script from Europe (before being assimilated)?

How often was bread made at home? Daily? Weekly?

Aside from Saint Francis of Assisi, were there other famous figures-(distant or near) who walked along the Camino Del Santiago in Northern Spain?

Was there discrimination against Jewish people at the entrance exams to the most prestigious universities in the USSR?

What were sandbags used for in medieval duels?

How Did The US Justice System Lose Sight of Intent?

When has serious unemployment among educated young populations not led to revolution or war?

During the WWII, did the German Luftwaffe ever have mixed units of Bf-109s and Me-262s, and if so, which units and/or which airfields?

What type of plane is this wreck?

What was the effective sight radius of World War II naval reconnaissance aircraft?

How did Lincoln's views change up to the Lincoln-Douglas Debates?

Why did the maple leaf become associated with Canada?

Tradition of Boxing Day

What were the relative contributions of oral & literary education in 5th century BCE Athens?

Was Lenin's 'Socialism and Religion' a reaction to something specific? What?

Are the Swiss flag and the flag/coat of arms of Piedmont related?

What was Wilhelm II's "book about the causes of the war"?

Who is the great Epstein?

What is the practical origin of the "fasces" icon?

Were there any plans to install a Western Roman Emperor after Belisarius reconquered the west?

Did medieval Europeans really walk around barefoot in winter?

How were false US flags identified on slave ships in the transatlantic slave trade?

Was there a massacre in the Algerian war calculated to provoke French reprisals?

Post-war plan for Nazi Germany in Russia?

Did the Nazi regime always or often prioritize transport trains to the death camps over military transport?

Was Apollo's birthday December 25th according to the Romans?

How is the discipline of History differentiated from other disciplines in social sciences or the humanities?

Anyone know what this stone building is?

Historically, how did people living in distant regions communicate?

Why did the US pay money to the losers, at the end of both Barbary wars?

What was the natural population growth of Scotland between 1600 and 1900?

Why were Catholic priests prohibited from participating in ordeals but allowed to participate in inquisitions?

Was there a "literate class" outside the Shi in Zhou-dynasty China?

Why did the term "Byzantine Empire" enter common usage instead of "Eastern Roman Empire" or "Roman Empire"

Did King George III turn his back on John Adams and Thomas Jefferson?

What are the hay effigies in this Japanese movie?

When was the last time period where one could travel by steam powered locomotive across the United States today?

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

Why did it take Rome so long to supress the Spartacus Revolt?

Did Greek traders visit the Philippines in the 1st century AD?

Why did the Soviets not shoot down US spy satellites during the Cold War?

Is there any documentation of the use of scientific knowledge or technology in pagan temples?

Was the US Navy larger in 1917, and if so, why?

Why did the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and Statute of Westminster (1931) only deal with Dominions?

What were the typical types of ships used in the Persian Navy in the 1730's and 1740's?

Were there occasions when a sovereign country voluntarily joined another country?

Was the last Japanese surrender after WWII in the 1970s?

Why did the French return all the Dutch Colonies to the Netherlands in Paris Treaty?

When is the first time any variation of the name Misraim is used to refer to Egypt?

How likely it is that a nobleman of the eighteenth century would give written instructions to his maids?

Did the Yuan Dynasty ever occupy Hainan?

Why was Benedict Arnold liked by the Tories but scorned by the Whigs?

Did Herman Melville help write his uncle's book?

Are there any accounts written by torturers on their actions?

When did navies stop giving out a drink ration to their sailors?

How did the check pattern help with financial computations?

Was there a Princess of Wales between 1727 and 1736?

Are there any examples of single combat between kings/generals ending a war?

Feudalism vs Serfdom

What is the first recorded dog name?

Which cultures considered dual-gender sacred

Who titled the works of Aristotle?

How did the US abolition of slavery affect the cotton exports?

Why weren't Germans acceptable as Roman Emperors?

Where does Lincoln say the South wants us to believe as they believe?

Why didn't the Roman Princeps restructure or dismantle the Praetorian Guard?

When did the allies find out about the killing of Jews during WW2

What was life like for Australian convicts in the last few decades of transportation?

Did monasteries hold land and collect rent in medieval Europe?

Under what circumstances did feudal rulers grant land to someone new?

Is there any historicity to the concept of Ghost Fences / Walls?

Were any tactical missiles used during the 1971 Indo Pakistan war?

How did the Tutsis win the civil war in Rwanda after 70% of them had been killed?

Why was Newton's observation of the falling apple significant?

Who was the medieval author who addressed readers 1000 years in the future?

Which prayer did sailors in Russian America expect to hear?

Why do people refuse to acknowledge the Holocaust?

How much did food cost in Babylon?

What did Native Americans know, or speculate, about the Old world?

What was the rationale behind restrictions on camera ownership in post-war Germany?

What methods were used for onboard ship communication during WW2?

How did the United States treat POWs in Vietnam?

Were there any Frankish/French kings who probably had no extramarital sexual relations?

How historical are early Chinese (Shang dynasty and earlier) dynastic records?

How did conditions in Nazi labor camps and the Gulag compare?

Were life imprisonment and mental insanity the only reasons a divorce couldn't be granted in early 20th century England?

What is the purpose of the iron structures seen on the sides of many WW2 flak towers?

Alexander, Olympias, and Zeus in Giulio Romano's painting

Who destroyed the leading brigade of the 6th Guards Tank corps?

Colonies in Machiavelli's age

What is the source of this Ambedkar quote on freedom of thought in Hinduism?

How was King Henry VIII able to get syphilis?

How "old" is mechanized infantry in terms of usage in warfare and what should be called as such?

Can you identify the plane in the picture?

Were there any British traitors during the American revolutionary war?

How much is one 1945 German Mark to one 2016 Euro?

Why are the democracies of France, Israel and India rated "Flawed Democracies"?

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

Have atheists ever been persecuted in India?

State boundaries in mountainous regions

Inflation rates in Spain and Portugal during the 16th century

When was the modern manuscript for the Torah agreed upon?

Why did Russia accept the legal framework that led to Kosovo's independence?

How difficult was it to spoof the sender of a telegram in 1890-1920's in USA?

How many days of supply did units in WW2 carry?

Were there any monarchs of England or the United Kingdom who were not technically first in the line of succession?

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