The three wise men in the Bible? Were they Zoroastrian? by >!/u/trevor_culley!<

Harun al-Rashid sent Charlemagne an elephant. How did this elephant get to Baghdad in the first place? He had to have been captured in India. Would he have been marched to the coast, then shipped to Basra, and marched to Bagdad? Or would it have been easier to just march him through the Indokush? By >!/u/textandtrowel!<

Is it true that the Confederate States of America was an autocratic authoritarian nation, or on it's way to become one? >!dual answers from /u/PartyMoses & /u/red_galiray!<

"Why did someone put a shoe in the wall of a 200 year old house?", >!response by /u/tinyblondeduckling!<

For a medieval army, what was "foraging" like whilst in friendly territory? by >!/u/FrenchMurazor!<

Would my great-great grandfather have ever eaten a banana? by >!/u/Dicranurus!<

In the time of the Roman Republic, who was responsible for overseeing legal proceedings and providing rulings on disputes as judges do in the United States today? by >!/u/XenophonTheAthenian!<

Were the founders of Mycenaean culture really the Achaeans? And why is the possibility of the Pelasgians founding it so controversial? by >!/u/Spencer_A_McDaniel!<

"What were relations like between the Emperor and Protestant princes within the Holy Roman Empire after the 30 Years' War?", >!response by /u/JosephRohrbach!<

"Where did early adopters of the automobile get gas? Was there much of a transition phase where cars were sold before infrastructure or standards were in place?", >!response by /u/justabreng!<

"Bill Clinton has been described as having an indescribable pull by people on Reddit/social media who have seen him in person. Have people who saw deceased charismatic presidents (Such as Reagan, FDR, and JFK) in person said similar things?", >!response by /u/indyobserver!<

Several photos of Iranian women before the Islamic Revolution circulate the internet. But I've seen people refute the view that Iran was progressive by saying this was limited to a small rich elite, and that the great majority of women had no substantial rights. Is this true? by >!/u/LeifRagnarsson.!<

How much, if anything, did Ancient Romans know about the parts of the world that weren't under their region of influence? (Such as Scandinavia, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and so on) by >!/u/boccraeft!<