/u/freedmenspatrol did a pretty ok post on the effectiveness, or lack thereof, of American efforts to suppress the transatlantic slave trade and an iffy post that was all about self-promotion.

I hope everyone in AskHistoriansdom is having a great weekend! After a shameful two week lapse, I humbly bring you some popular and/or interesting questions from last week, which did not get an answer yet:

/u/zscan would like to know about early monotheistic explanations of lightning and related phenomena

/u/bobobo1618 inquired about the development of our concept of dating and the way lower class relationship developed before marriage, in medieval England

/u/MaxFischer9891 asked if the Q’eros people burned their clothes because they were afraid they’d fall in enemy hands

Rundown:

• /u/minardi-man on "How did the breakup of the Soviet Union affect North Korea?"

• /u/shlin28 on "Was there any interaction between AEthelred the Unready and the Byzantine Empire?"

• /u/thoctar on "What factors led to the repeal of the so-called "Potlatch ban", and similar policies, under the Indian Act?"

/u/Rhodis gave an excellent answer on pet monkeys during the middle ages

/u/XenophonTheAthenian gave a detailed write up about the difference between the power Julius Caesar and Agustus held

Let’s look back at the theme of the week! And Holy Molly, did music turn out to be a prolific source of great answers. Here is what we learned (and please, jump in if I inevitably forgot or overlooked something):

/u/erus talked about the history of pitch in classical pieces

/u/caffarelli and /u/nmitchell076 discussed the dominance of Italian and German composers in 18th and 19th century

/u/ianwill93 told us about Ancient Egyptian music