How was education during the middle ages in the Muslim world? by >!/u/frogbrooks!<

Dan Jones' upcoming novel will give the "D-Day in Saving Private Ryan" treatment to Edward III's landing on Omaha Beach during the 100 years war. What sort of opposition did medieval armies face when landing? by >!/u/Valkine!<

What happened to "Kremlinologists" and "Sovietologists" after fall of USSR and what was opinion about them and their attemps to analyse USSR situation among former USSR leaders? >!by /u/kaiser_matias!<

I'm a young Italian noble in the late 14th century. I'm interested in becoming a better fencer and I've heard of this fencing instructor Fiore dei Liberi. How would I get instruction? Does the master own a school? Do I pay for private lessons in person? What do my fellow students look like? by >!/u/PartyMoses!<

The Italian city of Bologna had 180 towers by AD 1200. The tallest was 320 feet high and still stands. How unusual was this? Who were the main tenants, and how annoying was climbing so many stories without modern elevators? by >!/u/AlviseFalier!<

In Japan in 1936, the expansionist Kōdōha was purged by the supposedly moderate Tōseiha, yet it would be under Tōseiha leadership that Japan fought in WW2. How 'moderate' was the Tōseiha actually? Although it was dragged into the war in China by junior officers, why didn't it drag itself out? by >!/u/Lubyak and /u/Starwarsnerd222!<

Why didn't Bronze age civilizations adopt the Ugaritic alphabet like the Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet? Specially the Hittites and Egyptians who shared close ties with Ugarit. by >!/u/Bentresh!<

Al-Ma'arri was an arab philosopher from the golden age of Islam who became an atheist and published several books criticising religion. Was, if any, was the impact on his work? by >!/u/gamegyro56!<

The Tse Tse fly has been cited as the main culprit behind the relative civilizational backwardness of Sub Saharan Africa. Did any methods of fighting the Tse Tse fly exist before the modern era? by >!/u/OldCementWalrus!<

During the Early Modern period, contacts between Europe and Asia multiplied. How was European art received by Asian critics? by >!/u/Sankon!<

What was the dead toll of the Inquisition in Europe? by >!/u/TywinDeVillena!<

How accurate are the claims made in "The Indigenous Paleolithic of the Western Hemisphere," were Humans in the Americas 150,000 years ago? by >!/u/Antiquarianism!<

What was it like for the very last soldiers on Hadrian’s Wall before abandonment? by >!/u/concinnityb!<

Why would Richard III kill the Princes in the Tower if he made them illegitimate? by >!/u/RhegedHerdwick!<

Why is Pseudolus set in Athens? by >!/u/tinyblondeduckling!<