/u/cleopatra_philopater answered "Most people see Cleopatra as an Egyptian, but she was actually Greek. What is her real story and how did we come to the legends about her?"

/u/TRB1783 answered "Everyone loves “Hamilton”. How can it be utilized to make people care more about history?"

/u/miles_sine_castrum answered "Why is Medieval Ireland generally excluded from standard histories of the Middle Ages?"

/u/freedmenspatrol answered "During the American Civil War, did those in the South believe that they were fighting to remain true to the beliefs of the Founding Fathers or were they intentionally breaking away from that ideology and attempting to form their own nation/ideology entirely?"

/u/Iphikrates answered "Dan Carlin claims that each Greek city-state before Alexander the Great specialized in a different sort of military warfare and had different stereotypes, eg burly farmer Thebians. Is this accurate? What were some of the stereotypes?"

/u/commiespaceinvader answered "How did the Balkans become the region of Europe most prone to ethnic conflict? Did either the Austro-Hungarian Empire (and predecessor states) or the Ottoman Empire have significant influence in this?"

/u/mikedash answered "Football (soccer) was banned in England in 1363. Was this seriously enforced, and if so, when did the ban on the sport end and why?"

/u/commustar answered "How did hunting wild animals in Africa change after the introduction of firearms?"

/u/kieslowskifan answered "What's Christian about the Christian Democrats?"

/u/racecar_ray answered "In the Total War series of video games, catapults and similar pre-gunpowder siege weapons are often used against personnel in pitched battles. Is there any historical basis for this?"

/u/thefourthmaninaboat answered "How did the experiences from the Battle of Jutland influence naval design philosophies during the Interwar Period?"

/u/neverwasahat answered "How did Queen Elizabeth I go from being hell-bent on killing Mary, Queen of Scots to naming her son James as her successor?"

/u/GiffordPinchot answered "Imagine two merchants in Persia, one operating in 810 and the other in 850, twenty years either side of Muhammad ib Musa al-Khwarizmi's famous work on algebra. Is there any big difference? Does the "invention" of algebra actually change the way business math is done or problems are approached?"

/u/deverence on "In WW1, the UK and Germany and Germany implemented economic blockades. Why did the United States continue to trade with Britain, but complied with the UK blockade of Germany?"

/u/themisuel answered "I have always thought that Japan surrendered in WW2 because of the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today I read this article, which instead cites Soviet involvement as the primary cause. It makes a very compelling case. Is the article wrong?"

/u/the_howling_cow answered "My papa was shot down over Germany and spent over a year in Stalag 17-B. Can you tell me about it?"