Hello everyone! Today I come before you to ask for help on a little project: the AskHistorians Showcase!
What is the Showcase you ask? Well I'm so glad you asked! The showcase will be a page of some of Askhistorians greatest answers presented under 10 general categories. The purpose of this showcase is to show our readers, other historians, and interested people what exactly it is that we do here! Furthermore we will be linking it to a greater community page for interested parties to learn even more!
In order to do this however, we need your help in selecting and nominating some of your saved, favorite, or top quality answers from this subreddit!
How will we proceed? Well, I will make 10 separate nomination threads over the coming weeks for you to nominate your favorite answers in the ten categories below. Today's thread is for Asia!
So please give us your favorite Asia answers past and present!
Future Categories: Africa, Europe, Middle and South America, North America, Ancient World, Medieval World, Middle East
Past Categories: Military History
/u/Cenodoxus answers Did Kim Jong-Il kill his younger brother when they were both children?
/u/AsiaExpert on the evolution of Japanese WWII history education
/u/AsiaExpert on Japanese castles and how they were defended
/u/Tiako's answer to "I am a man of wealth in Han China, would I be able to buy olive oil that came from the Roman Empire, or did olive oil not reach that far down the silk road?". That's the kind of question and answer that always keeps me coming back here. (I also love /u/snackburros's follow ups, there are several of them giving the history and uses of olives and cooking oils in Chinese history, from ancient origins to the Cold War introduction of European olives).
It's been linked by /u/kegaha in the past Military History Showcase, but perhaps it is more fitting here, and it's a great read:
I don't know if it is exactly military history, I hope it is ... In doubt I will post it. I like /u/AsiaExpert 's answer about The role of Ninjas
http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2snal1/nikephoros_ii_phokas/cnrpoqk
/u/Ambarenya writing about Nikephoros Phokas, the Basileus of the Roman Empire.
/u/Scipioasina really any answer of his could go here. But my favourite was their answer to Did Japanese atrocities in China, such as Nanjing, continue at the same level throughout WWII or did it change over time?
/u/AsiaExpert on What happened in the 1949 evacuation of the Nationalist Chinese government to Taiwan?
There's actually two excellent answers from him in this thread; one on the KMT's retreat to Burma and another on their retreat to Taiwan. I thought they were both worthy of mention.
/u/jasfss on chinese occupational classes
No offence, but isnt that a little too vauge? Asia goes from Constantinople to Tokyo!
/u/halfmanhalfsquidman on Why did generals in WW1 think it was a brilliant idea to walk over no mans land against the enemy, despite seeing it spectacularly fail multiple times?. a showcase on common historical misconceptions would be nice, like the above or the galileo affair.
nevermind. didn't read the instructions through. didn't realize the topic was asia only.