Here are some of the popular and/or interesting questions from last week, which did not get an answer as of yet. Of course, it’s a small sample and if you spotted (or asked) a particularly good one which I missed - post it in the thread!

/u/dimitrisxo would like someone to talk about the life of children in the Byzantium

/u/yourplotneedswork would like a clarification in regards to U.S. university entrance system being based on anti-semitic notions

/u/artemisrex asked about the history of wisdom teeth removal

Shameless self-promotion time:

In the US Civil War, was it easy to divide the country into "North" and "South"? If so, why? If not, were there areas on either side that disagreed politically with their region?

Let’s look back at the theme of the week! As I predicted and would say if we were on /r/rarepuppers, feminism proved to be a hecking BIGGE topic! What did we learn? (And if I missed anything, post away!):

Let’s start with the amazing /u/sunagainstgold who told us about Queen Victoria's views of feminism, some candidates that could fit the category of “Renaissance woman” and the temporal disparity between western and eastern U.S. states in regards to women’s right to vote

Rundown:

• /u/MI13 on "Crossbows were famously banned by the Pope for being inhumane. Were any monarchs or lords excommunicated for employing them?"

• /u/Georgy_K_Zhukov on "How He did duels become established as a convention if laws against murderd are older than easily fired hand guns?"

• /u/cptbuck on "What events led to Islamic Extremists hating the West so much?"

I think this was an overlooked post/answer especially given persistent simmer of interest in presidential unilateral powers

Why did FDR enact so many executive orders?

To add to the excellent list below:

/u/anthropology_nerd on During the first century of Spanish contact with the New World, what was the mutual reaction to and influence of different standards of female beauty? How quickly was the native fashion overtaken? Did any European trends arise due to the contact with America? Was Creole fashion specific in some way?

/u/AsiaExpert on understanding the difference in social value between household labor and paid work.