!/u/Llyngeir!< answered Were most slaves in Ancient Greek societies Greeks themselves?

!/u/XenophonTheAthenian!< answered What were the downsides for Romans granting their subjects citizenships?

!/u/ConnopThirlwall!< answered How did those on pious diets or fasts avoid what we now know are vitamin deficiencies, or was it something they likely suffered from? Or are the fasts likely exaggerated?

!/u/Lime_Dragonfly!< answered Why is the Bible Belt in the South if the Northern colonies were largely founded by religious communities, while the southern ones founded by commercial opportunities?

!/u/sirophiuchus!< answered Why is fantasy set in the Middle Ages? Where does that connection come from?

!/u/TheStarkReality!< answered Christian monks and nuns began to form communities not long after the religion began to spread. But what about Jesus's message led people to think monasticism was a path he would approve of?

!/u/Spencer_A_McDaniel!< answered Of all the given names in the Iliad, only Hector and Helen are still commonly used in modern English. Why have these names stuck while other haven't?

!/u/PartyMoses!< answered Did the sabres from the American Civil War actually ever get used as weapons at all?

!/u/caffarelli!< answered Jim Henson of Muppets fame graduated in 1960 from the University of Maryland with a BS in Home Economics. What would a Bachelors of Science in Home Economics entail in its course of study? Would a man studying for such a degree in the 1950s be particularly transgressive?

!/u/Daztur!< answered Has the taste of beer changed over the centuries?

!/u/udreaudsurarea!< answered How "advanced" was the Islam world compared to the Christian Medieval Europe (c. 7th-12th century)?

!/u/TywinDeVillena!< answered David Lean’s film “Lawrence of Arabia,” the Arab leader reminds his British Army adviser, T. E. Lawrence, of a glory that once was.“You know, Lieutenant,” he says, “in the Arab city of Córdoba were two miles of public lighting in the streets when London was a village.” How authentic was this claim?

!/u/the_gubna!< answered What was the significance of blue jewellery to African and African-descended slaves in the US (or other American colonies)?

!/u/Trevor_Culley!< answered What was the royal court of the Achaemenid empire like at the time of the story of Purim?

!/u/kaiser_matias!< answered Fighting has been an integral part of North American hockey. Has this been the the case in other countries? How was fighting treated in Soviet hockey?