I answered two India questions for India week, a two-post answer on "During Mughal rule, did India have any colonial or expansionist ambitions outside of the Southern borders of the empire?" by /u/professororange with some details on Shah Jahan's ill-fated conquest of Balkh and "How did Indian chess compare to the version that Europeans brought back to India?" by /u/Canadairy. I also had the chance to bring up an older India-related answer I wrote a while ago, on "How did the United Kingdom overtake places like India, which has a much greater population size?"

I answered what I think is a rather unappreciated question about what Diocletian thought of Constantine

Lots of great stuff this week! Let's dive on in.

/u/restricteddata explained just how important the Telemark Raid in WWII was in How consequential was the Telemark raid on hindering the German nuclear research program in 1943?.

/u/OwlOfDerision meanwhile tackles the rather complicated question of WWII stolen art in During WW2, many famous artworks (e.g. Mona Lisa) were hidden to protect them. Are there any that never resurfaced and could very well be hidden in a grandmother's basement today?

Next we're looking at Dragons! Dragons are a big part of Chinese culture, but they also make an appearance in English and Welsh culture (Welsh flag, George and Dragon). I'm sure they're also prominent in other cultures too. Where did dragons come into cultural prominence first and how did the idea spread into other cultures? where /u/lcnielsen talks about serpents across the world.

OK, waaaaay behind on this but better late than never.

/u/OwlOfDerision on " During WW2, many famous artworks (e.g. Mona Lisa) were hidden to protect them. Are there any that never resurfaced and could very well be hidden in a grandmother's basement today?"

/u/imperialismus on "Given how the first use of the "A,B,C,D,F" grading system wasn't implemented until the later half of the 19th century, how did early universities like Oxford and Cambridge all the way back in the 17th &16th centuries evaluate the progress of their students?"

/u/crrpit on " I've read that Anarchist forces during the Spanish Civil War were fully democratic, with promotions and even orders being decided by direct vote among each unit. Is this true? And how did this affect their performance on the field of battle?"

I thought u/qed1 wrote an interesting post about the history of the term Dark Ages here and here.

I thought u/I_am_oneiros wrote a very interesting post about Sikhs and the Indian Rebellion of 1857 here.

Here's a question I was a little late to answering this week: Why are cannons never seen pointing skyward to fire to a steep ballistic arc?

I'm still very much interested in an answer to this question about the impact to the British economy of the American Revolution.