I looked at the question Is it true that the Rosetta Stone and Code of Hammurabi offered generalised debt cancellation/forgiveness? – which certainly got overlooked, but is interesting not only because of what it tells us about the important topic of the history of debt, but also because of the window it opens into the way that ancient history is being used to fuel a modern political agenda.

Vladith asks why Roman Jews used to actively seek converts, and when they stopped

Interestingly, modern Jews will try to discourage potential converts, so this represents a shift in thinking I'd like to know more about

I really loved /u/link0007 and /u/Lord_Skullicus' (among others') responses to the question Copernicus and heliocentrism met with a lot of opposition in the Christian west. How did other civilizations respond to the idea that the Earth wasn't the center of the universe?

• /u/kieslowskifan tells us about East Germans escaping to West Germany, the Berlin Wall, the border outside Berlin, and the effect of Republikflucht on the GDR. And then about dinosaurs for good (very good) measure.
• /u/chocolatepot addressed how frequently Europeans in the 1700s-1800s changed and laundered clothing, which means talked about underwear, which means you should go read this
• /u/Hergrim really deserves more attention for talking about English army recruitment in the early Hundred Years' War, so go do that, too
• Our Pseudoarchaeology AMA with Dr. David S. Anderson was fantastic

Well, I asked about Japan taking over America in 80's sci-fi and got thorough responses from /u/dhmontgomery, /u/gnikivar2 and was directed to some previous work by /u/yodatsracist

/u/airportakal 's answer to How did ELORG become a private company after the collapse of Soviet Union