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Did the Weimar governments publish revelatory WWI documents?

How did people die in Nazi extermination camps?

What is the historic validity of "Nothing is real; everything is permitted" as the Assassins' motto?

How much did the culture of Anatolian Gallic settlers differ from their kin in Gaul?

How was the relation between the Ottoman Empire and Serbia, Greece, and Montenegro during the Second Balkan War?

Why did the US getting involved in the European theater in WW2?

Aircraft identification

Why is this hat identified as the Byzantine Imperial kamelaukion?

Is there a group picture of RMS Titanic's 8 officers?

How do we reconcile hierarchical and violent aspects of Ancient Egypt with its nonviolent principle of Maat, as exemplified in negative confessions?

Why there are more people of red hair among Arabs than Mongols when both populations are naturally born with dark hair?

Why did ships like the HMS Victory have cannon wells?

How much did Shah Jahan spend on Taj Mahal?

Why was Luodian important in the Battle of Shanghai?

US Congress in WW2 Compared with other legislative bodies

Why were fragments of the Mongol empire named after colors?

What was the societal structure of Celtic culture in the Hallstatt period?

What political party did Stalin belong to?

How did life change for the average American as a result of the end of World War 1?

Under Catherine the Great were all officers appointed for five years?

What were the main centres of population in South America in 1500 AD?

How do the efforts of the Jesuits in China differ from their efforts in Japan?

What kind of device is pictured on this Roman mosaic from Villa Tellaro, Sicily?

What happened to all the French guillotines?

Did Soviet propaganda assert that the Jews lived badly/poorly in Israel?

Did the old-west style duels (as depicted in movies) actually occur?

How was Euclid's Elements likely written?

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

What is known about the origins of the "western given-name-first-surname-last system"?

What was the border regime between Poland and Czechoslovakia like during the 1970s and 1980s?

What Was the Political Condition of the Region that Encompasses the Modern Russian State in the time of the Roman empire?

Did California mission priests administer, not merely call for, corporal punishment?

Which WWII Medal and ribbon are these?

What was the significance of the term "Lollard" in describing religious dissenters?

How did mid-19th century American legislation affect the corporate structure of railroad companies?

Did the first emperor of China die of mercury poisoning?

Why did Byzantine champions (consistently) lose duels to Muslim armies' champions?

How many troops did the Confederate and Union army have in each year of the Civil War?

What is the logic for the map maker classifying the map this way, specifically in Canada?

What is the current state of historical thought on the Aryan invasion/migration theory?

Are there examples in ancient history of honor killing?

What led Guderian as far south as Gomel, in August, 1941?

Is Rama Setu a historical proof of Ramayana?

Rulers of Rome - Caesar and Pompei

How advanced were the people of Indus valley civilization in engineering?

When did Frankfurt am Main adopt the Gregorian Calendar?

What was the mortality rate of gladiators?

How were the Incas able to build such great works of architecture without using mortar?

How were Aksumite ships constructed?

What were the first "Big Banks" in the United States?

Health precautions before going into Battle of Trafalgar and other battles

Why is the USA the world's strongest country?

Were some Yugoslav "nationalities" more pro-Axis/Allied than others during World War II

What's the longest recorded uninterrupted sequence of single color (red/black) in a professional casino?

How successful was Odessa GubCheKa against criminal gangs in the 1920s?

What's the history of this mortar shell?

What are major differences between a Caliphate and a modern Republic?

How was the hilt attached to a medieval sword?

Did indebted families commonly sell daughters into prostitution in Japan?

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

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

Has there ever been a truly bilingual country prior to the contemporary period?

Would Hannibal's men have known about his strategies?

Has the US army ever fought an urban battle?

Were cavalry used in the First World War?

Churchill: What brave men of Barcelona?

Has the U.S. Navy ever commissioned the building of a warship overseas?

Has any foreign embassy ever been entered without permission?

Why are there so many laws about eye injuries in the Code of Hammurabi?

Who titled the works of Aristotle?

What kind of occupation was a "piper"?

Who, if anyone, was the first astronaut to return to earth in a different vessel?

Was the Eye of Providence also a symbol of Bavarian illuminati?

What was the first instance of native Americans using gunpowder weapons in battle and did they ever make their own powder?

What led to the creation of Belgium?

Why didn't China try to explore or colonize the Americas?

Was Abu Simbel also designed to serve as a border between Egypt and Nubia?

Why exactly did telegraphs have to use "STOP" instead of a period and "QUOTE" instead of a quotation mark? (Or special codes.)

Would League of Nations and U.S. sanctions/trade embargo against 1930's Germany had notable consequences in Germany?

Were there any tests or prerequisites for Blacks and Indians to be admitted to the University of Cape Town during Apartheid?

When was the last US letter of marque issued?

Why did the National Origins Act of 1924 use the 1890 census data?

Was Nixon's Vietnam claim right before the 1968 election true?

Who is Heckler?

How much would 300 pounds (money value) weigh in Medieval England?

Why the European Union choose to use a Nazi flag?

Did Goebbels realize that his wife used to know Arlozorov?

Is Nazi brutality particularly well known in the US because of the US's Jewish population?

Who was the real first president of the United states of america?

The history of rivalry between US and Britain in late 19th Century and early 20th Century

In which instances in history did an attacker ask the attackee to borrow some of their ammunition in order to continue the fight?

Was there a case where a king died while the heir to the throne was unborn?

What is Poosball, an early 1900s women's team sport?

Why is there a difference in ordinal numbers of UK General Elections and Parliaments? Was a UK Parliament ever formed without an election?

How were the first American citizens granted citizenship?

Was American slavery economically advantageous primarily due to being able to also sell offspring?

Why are there multiple versions of the color plate "Excavation of Olive Mount"?

What is the nature of the Hyksos territory in Transjordan and northern Arabia depicted on these maps?

Could the Japanese garrison at Rabaul have fed itself if it had been spread out over New Britain Island instead of being concentrated at Rabaul?

Why did the Ottoman Empire not industrialize like France, Germany or Belgium?

Was the end date of Soviet-Japanese Border War the direct reason of starting Soviet invasion on Poland in 1939

What East German laws and regulations were extended to the West after unification?

How common were fires in pre-Edo Japan?

Husaria, the winged hussars

Why were Muslims in Western Thrace and Christians in Constantinople excluded from the population exchange?

Is it true that Spartan soldiers fought naked?

Why were Chinese divisions undersized?

What is the pre-schism Christian church called today?

How important were social justice issues in dissident circles in the late USSR?

Why did Gorbachev go to see "Prince Igor" after the August 1991 coup attempt?

How close did the US come to removing the Electoral College in 1970?

Age of majority in Washington state in 1945?

Is there a reason beyond the simple textbook explanation as to why the Allied forces chose to fight the Axis powers in North Africa during WWII?

Accuracy of Ancient Dates of Persian/Middle East Based on Astronomy

Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ever called “Wolfi” or “Wolfie” by his wife?

Are submarine launched ballistic missiles still inaccurate?

How to rebut Holocaust denial argument?

What was the attitude of Brazil's government towards the Spanish Civil War?

Why are doomsday predictions for 2012 seen as incompatible with historical Maya mythology/religion?

What steps did President Herbert Hoover take to reduce unemployment during the Great Depression?

What happened to the German WW II debt?

Why did the Byzantines not try to recover Syria during the war between Ali and Muawiya?

Why were so few Luftwaffe attacks flown against the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944?

When and why did it become frowned upon to win a siege by starvation?

When did the White House get its current address, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?

Is it possible to estimate a "Gini Index" from the Roman Empire?

What did women wear during the Rashidun era?

What were the efforts made by the U.S. government to conserve forests?

Did the poor performance of the Red Army in the Winter War significantly contribute to German underestimation of the USSR's military capacity?

Microsocial behaviour 500 years ago in western societies

Is there any record of the Ebionites outside of the antiheretical polemics of the church fathers?

Was the Kerensky Offensive doomed from the start?

By which year did smiths achieve the ability to handle metal in an exact way that's necessary for the printing press?

Did Karl Marx openly advocate violence? (or against it?)

During the Chola dynasty how extensive was the use of Sanskrit in government and by the people?

What's the story behind this photo of hikers who brought white plague cure to President Wilson?

In real terms how many alcoholics were there before prohibition vs after prohibition?

Is the EU the world's first supranational political union?

Was The Prince by Machiavelli intended as satire?

Were any of Queen Victoria’s portraits widely publicised?

Why has the Congo ended up French-speaking but not Flemish-speaking?

History of scientific regression

Can oral tradition be used as a source in scholarly papers?

Was George Wallace's American Independent party (1968) "the same party" as Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrat party (1948)?

What does it mean that Hamilton "made American credit competitive"?

Did the USA win the counter insurgency war in the Vietnam war?

Who was Asselin FitzArthur?

When and why did Gujarat and Maharashtra separate?

Who were Alexander's historians that wrote about Indian social conditions?

Did Louis XIV actually say "The State? I am the State."? Could he have said it?

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