Very late today, but hopefully its always worth the wait!

We kick off the last edition of the Digest for April, and we’ve got a fantastic selection of posts for you. A wide variety of threads from some amazing author. Have a read, thank the writers, and enjoy some brilliant history threads.

• The Histories of People with Disabilities Floating Feature: A feature to give voice to the stories of people with disabilities through all history

• The latest Rules Roundtable IX: The Basics Facts Rule, and Getting the Answer YOU Want

• Some good book discussion, and folks asking for suggestions, in the Thursday Reading & Rec.

• Tons of fun in the Friday Free For All! From historical drinks to videos and traveling in the classical world.

• Check out /u/Klesk_vs_Xaero and the Rise of Italian Fascism in the Saturday Showcase!

• And of course there’s the usual META thread. Do any posts on this sub survive moderator review at all? Which I find particularly humous to be posting here, alongside the many, many posts that did indeed survive.

That wraps us up for another week. Enjoy the threads and I’ll see you next Sunday! Don’t forget to check out some of the upcoming features and AMA’s happening this week.

/u/welfontheshelf answered "Was the Orthodox Church involved in the First Crusade (and thereafter) after the Schism?" and "What was life like as a European living in a crusader state?"

/u/generalleeblount on "Line Infantry and NCOs"

/u/joshobrouwers answered "Did the Greeks of the colonies speak noticeably different dialects of Greek from the Mainland Greeks? Did they change their customs much at all?", and "Corinthian Helmet :)", and "How was wealth kept secure before banks?", and "What was day to day life like in a Greek temple?"

My inquiries having been deemed interesting, I'm shamelessly reposting some:

How did human rights in Tibet in the generations before and after PRC occupation began compare and contrast?

Cartoonist Russell Monroe joked that draining the oceans would result in the Netherlands, no longer troubled with flooding, conquering the world. How did historical Dutch resource allocation to water management compare to resource allocation by other Western European states to conquest?

Apparently, Monaco's real estate development east of the Casino de Monte-Carlo was almost all done after WWII, even though Monaco was well under 1 square mile in size. (Even with land reclamation, it's still under 1 square mile in size.) Why?

How did Lee Kwan Yew become so powerful? Are his memoirs known to be accurate?

What were the social, economic, and political effects of the UK's Housing Act 1980? What were the political debates surrounding its enactment?

u/Wotan_Weevil gave a great answer to “Why did Tibet’s population drop massively from 1910-1947” in which he cleared up some misconceptions, pointed out a Wikipedia error, and provided valuable contextual information.

Once more we spare a moment for those overlooked posts that caught our eye and interest. Perhaps a wandering expert will stop by, or they’ll inspire your own questions for the future.

• /u/Colonel-Hamzawi asked about After the Turks took Constantinople, did the Byzantine Empire collapse ?

• /u/Doughspun1 asked How could people possibly write novels in the past?

• /u/FTCorcuera asked How did large armies communicate during the crusades?