I loved /u/The_Alaskan's responses to What were the motivations of the United States in offering to buy Greenland from Denmark in 1946? Lots of good info about the strategic importance of Greenland and Alaska, plus some interesting related stuff about William Seward and Manifest Destiny.

I also thought that /u/texpeare's list of extant ancient Greek plays was interesting for two reasons. First, I've never had any sort of idea how many ancient Greek plays survive to the current day, so it was interesting to see them listed out. Second, this was a slightly different question from those that normally pop up in this subreddit and I thought it was an appropriate and thorough response.

I really want people to read /u/estherke's answer to "How were Blacks treated in Nazi Germany compared to the United States during the same time period?" which was very much overlooked this week.

Have you seen the post by /u/textandtrowel

(Edit: nevermind)

If the quality of a comment can be judged by the discussion it begins, then /u/texpeare posted a great answer to "I want to get into Ancient Greek plays. What are some good ones to start with?". It's a terrific reference point that I'll be coming back to.

Edit: Corrected username. Also, a shoutout to /u/Doe22 who noted this response earlier.

/u/keyhole_six's answer in Soviet forces remained in Germany post-reunification until 1994. How alarmed were people at having Warsaw Pact forces stationed inside a major NATO member? was a good read, enough that I just used it as a source for an answer of my own.

Some gems I noticed this week:

• /u/yodatsracist on Is there a historical reason for the rise of Islamic extremism as opposed to, say, Christian or Jewish extremism?

• /u/yodatsracist (again) on Was the Christian world, particularly around the Crusades, aware of the schism between Sunni and Shia Islam?

• /u/Warluster on How come Australians found a civilization?

• dr_john_batman on There is a hot debate in France about the representation of the French revolution in Assassin's Creed Unity. What is your opinion on this matter? Could you expand on the history of the representations of the Revolution in France?

• /u/AlviseFalier on What could be considered the very first "vertical city?"

• /u/The_Alaskan on Did/Do native Americans have their own time system?

I just want to give /u/idjet a shout-out for his two excellent posts on "cops and robbers" (so to speak) during the middle ages.

/u/kieslowskifan gave an answer of great detail with good sources on my question: How was Napoleon seen in the German states?