I haven't been particularly active on AskHistorians this week, so I guess I'll have to make up for it by posting a series of the amazing answers I read instead:

• The problems with a critical historical analysis of the Quran by /u/CptBuck. I'd never even thought about the existence (or lack of) of such an analysis, this was absolutely fascinating.

• A history of the discovery and investigation of links between smoking and cancer by /u/mkwiat. I'd vaguely heard about King James' opposition but the actual history of linking smoking tobacco and cancer was fascinating, especially the part about Doll's change of mind!

• Medieval and later women warriors and women who owned armour are discussed by /u/Hergrim and /u/sunagainstgold. It was very interesting to read about the distinction between women who owned armour and women who actually fought, as well as about women who might be in a position to fight as a camp follower etc.

Well, it's been an interesting week, /u/b1uepenguin answered What do we know about the belief system and mythology of Oceanic peoples during the earlier periods of exploration and settlement in Polynesia?

/u/grafeldgetstronger answered Prussian Blue uniforms

/u/PapiriusCursor answered After a gigantic battle like Cannae that left a huge amount of dead bodies in a relatively small area - was this viewed as a health risk? Would the place be generally avoided and how long it took for it becoming a part of a normal route of travelling people again?

I don't usually keep track of posts, but here are a few this week that I marked for today's thread:

• Is there any credibility to this youtube video's claim about previking culture? We get a lot of posts asking for confirmation/refutation of youtube videos, most of which are pretty dubious. Here, /u/textandtrowel really takes the time to take a close look at this one, and provides a nice analysis of the good and the not-so-good

• In the film The Right Stuff, the military shifts from keeping the record breaking flights of test pilots a secret to heavily publicizing them in attempts to drive up public interest and in turn generate money for the space program. Is there any truth to that actually taking place? /u/Falcon109 discusses the conflicting interests of publicity vs secrecy in the US moon missions

• What kind of questions do you guys like to answer? A thread that's worthwhile reading for anyone considering posting questions here

• /u/sunagainstgold answered "If I'm a housewife in medieval England, could I ever "go out with the girls" or was I pretty much stuck at home most of the time?"

• /u/b1uepenguin on "What do we know about the belief system and mythology of Oceanic peoples during the earlier periods of exploration and settlement in Polynesia?"

• /u/sowser on "Roots" in the recent Floating Feature