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Were ancient Greece tridents different designs from other historical examples?
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Was there ever support for any persons outside of the empire to be elected Holy Roman Emperor?
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Were Roman emperors in the first century AD shown as holding stars in their hands?
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Did Nazi Germany suffer hyperinflation during the war? Why or why not?
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How did Japan build an extensive rail network in Greater Tokyo?
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Which institutions are known to have been involved in Project MK-Ultra?
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Why did Charles I not borrow abroad?
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Why are flagpole tips spear-shaped? [closed]
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When has the U.S. refused to pay its debts?
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Were certain soldiers considered to be neutral by both sides?
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Where can I find a complete archive of audio recordings of Hitler speeches?
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What caused the builder to change plans midstream on this 1905 library in New England?
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Why did the Vikings stop raiding Europe?
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Death by candle [closed]
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Were there any stone vessels (including mortars) made in Paleolithic?
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What about dairy pasteurisation might have made the issue so important to Lord Rothschild?
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Did some Nazi death camp guards use Lee Enfield rifles?
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Is there an edition of Gibbon's *Decline and Fall* that has been annotated by a modern historian?
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How far back in time have historians estimated the rate of economic growth and the economic power of various empires?
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Did Einstein steal another mathematician's work? [closed]
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How did the Church of England view the local legend and festivities surrounding Gog and Magog?
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What is a quarter in 19th-century England converted to contemporary pints?
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How, just how you can burn down a stone structure? [closed]
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Why is the US Independent in 1776 but the first President isn't inaugurated until 1789? [closed]
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Why did the Chicago Sanitary and Shipping Canal take a much longer route to the Des Plaines River?
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Is the term Kaiser seen as offensive? [closed]
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Was Croatia the first country to recognize the sovereignity of the USA? Was Croatia expecting military help from USA that didn't come?
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What was the price of gunpowder in Victorian England
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Where did Borobudur's stones come from?
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Can anyone identify this possibly Czechoslovak uniform?
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What was the Nuclear Boy Scout's Eagle Scout Project?
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When did it become accepted to tilt your soup bowl?
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Why did the USSR have two sources of currency?
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Did China colonize any countries? [closed]
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Why are the buildings built in classical style in the first half of the 19th century in Russia so frequently yellow-and-white - coloured?
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What are they wearing over their shoulders?
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How effective are rope helmets as protection?
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Did the Europeans benefit economically from the scramble for Africa?
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How was the Czech sudetenland repopulated by Czechs?
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Was Pythagoras against traditional/contemporary Greek education?
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Why did Pausanias travel to Greece?
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Was it known in ancient Rome and Greece that boiling water made it safe to drink and if so, what was the theory behind this?
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How did agricultural productivity change in Italy with the fall of the Roman Empire and through the early Middle Ages?
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Were U.S. ships attacked in Tokyo Bay?
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How can I obtain a record of my fathers' medals from WW2?
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Did George Washington ride sidesaddle?
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Did foreign countries respond to the Munich Putsch?
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What was the nature of Yasir Arafat's difficulties in Arabic?
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Why does Western Europe tend to have small 'in between' countries?
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Sourced List of Ancient Roman Values
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How did commoner children address commoner adults in the middle ages?
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How many troops did the Confederate and Union army have in each year of the Civil War? [closed]
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When did people start believing aliens are abducting cows?
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Is there any evidence to back up David Starkey's claim that infanticide of mixed-race children was integral to the Ottoman slave trade?
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Why did the US release the Phillipines as a colony?
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How did Medieval European river passenger transport develop?
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What language(s) were spoken in 11th century Romania?
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What flag had a black cross blue field 1589?
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What would have been on the menu in an Ancient Egyptian tavern?
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