How was he treated by the media? Did they ever have him on to discuss the politics of the day, or was he largely dismissed and/or ignored? It seems to me that he would have been able to share an interesting perspective, but he was largely hated if I understand correctly. Did he have enough followers that he would have been able to get his thoughts across? Was he still sour about the Watergate Investigation when he died? How did he feel about other political events that followed his resignation, such as the Reagan Revolution or the end of the Cold War? Was he able to sell books or do big speeches for money like other presidents after him? Did he devote his time to other causes or charities? Did he have any hobbies that we know of, like W's painting?

So, the impression I have is that American Historical Review is the top ranked journal in history. But Americanists, Europeanists, Early Americanists, Medievalists, etc. probably would rank journals below AHR differently. How would you rank them through the lens of your specialization? What journals from outside history (e.g. Area Studies) would be important? What about journals that aren't in English (e.g. if you're a Germanist, what German journal(s) do you use?)? And how well would these rankings match up with impact factors (for example, I have the impression that Past and Present is quite a bit more influential than its impact factor would imply)?

After the conversion of Constantine I to Christianism and the Edict of Milan, how fast was the actual conversion of the empire to Christianism?
I mean, in the more remote provinces like Lusitania in the west or Armenia in the east, was it felt in a short span of time, or was there resistance to change from the local rulers and it ended up being more of a theoretical thing than actually happening for the (previously) prosecuted Christians there?

Hearing of grain shortages (and subsidies), and poor harvests and plagues with catastrophic results on the economy it seems as though there would not necessarily be a guarantee that next year, or the year after, there would be grain to buy at the market or at least at an affordable price?

How secure would my food supply be if I did not own crop-bearing land or participate in trade directly? Would starvation be a concern for the most extreme situations or more of a fact of life?

The only times I can recall are to Eve as a snake, and to Jesus in the desert. Other than that, does he explicitly appear to anyone else?

Do we have any record of the number of black people who immigrated to the US outside the confines of slavery during the time it was practiced?

I remember reading a blog post by an, I assume, ex-muslima where she says that, during some of the islamic conquests the invading muslims invented a sort of drive-by-marriage which would last only a couple of hours/days. It's main purpose would be to make sex with female captives of war halal. My first question, is this true?

And if so, what was the need for it? I thought forced sex with female captives was legitimized during those times. Are there any comments on this practice by islamic scholars throughout history?

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The Washington Naval Treaty appears to set in place a large number of limitations on the expansion of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The IJN has just come off a pair of successful wars, it is being funded by a militaristic, nationalistic, government, and has been expanding pretty rapidly.

Why would they agree to the limitations set forth, especially at this time? It seems like the Treaty upset a large portion of the Japanese military establishment as well, was there something else going on behind the scenes?

During the 1860s, the Tokugawa shogunate paid a large indemnity to European powers in Mexican silver dollars: a detail that I finally got curious about the other day. Why Mexican silver dollars? Googling tells me that Mexican silver dollars were everywhere in East Asia, and had become a preferred form of currency in China by at least the 19th century. In Japan, they were stamped with the shogunate's determined value and sent into internal circulation.

Why would these coins be so wide-spread and in such demand for commerce? How did they get in such large quantities to East Asia? I have a few hunches, but would like to hear real information.

I've seen lots of different sites saying he didn't hate black people, then other sites saying he wanted all black people sterilized. I'm looking for some credible sources on the subject, any help would be very appreciated.

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A what point did people need passports to travel? Did all citizens get issued them/were they available for all citizens our just the wealthy/upper classes? Where did they originate from?

To narrow the scope, let's keep this to the Mediterranean/Near East, but if someone can speak about how this played out in India/China, that'd be awesome too!