The Starship Enterprise traces its name back through many generations of fictional and real life ships, dating back to the 16th century. Do other cultures with strong naval traditions (China, Portugal e.g.) have equivalent ship names that trace back through many iterations of naval or space travel? >!by /u/indyobserver!<

The Rubicon River is one of the most famous in history because Julius Caesar started a civil war when he crossed it. "Crossing the Rubicon" now means to do something you can't take back. So how did we manage to lose the Rubicon River? Why don't we know where it is? >!by /u/legalaction!<

Ancient Rome offered its conquered subjects a "good deal": We'll give you ports, roads, sewers, aqueducts, hook you into our wealth-building global trade network, and defend you. All we ask is that you say a prayer for our emperor once in awhile and pay your taxes. How onerous was that tax burden? >!Paired responses from /u/Tiako and /u/Pami_the_Younger!<

"How did the general public react to The Rocky Horror Picture Show when it was released in 1975?", >!response by /u/woofiegrrl!<

"What are the origins of the practice of telling the bees?", >!response by /u/itsallfolklore!<

"Is the historic “conservationist” Native American a stereotype or based on evidence?", >!responses by /u/YouOr2!<

"I am a medieval peasant - how do I get drafted for the next upcoming war?", >!response by /u/PartyMoses!<

Why did Egyptians adopt the fez, despite being independent of the Ottoman Empire? >!by /u/dhowdhow!<

During the Jacobite uprising in the early 1700s, during the battle of Preston (1715) it is said that some Lancastrians fought with the Jacobite army, but what would these Lancastrian soldiers have worn? >!from /u/FunkyPlaid!<

How did the aztec farming practice of chinampas come to be? >!by /u/Tlahuizcalpantecutli!<

How did Moby-Dick, a peculiar commercial failure, become a "Great American Novel?" >!by /u/fianarana!<

Why didn't the Ayutthaya rulers attempt to seize the Emerald Buddha if it was so significant to Southeast Asian Therevada Buddhism? >!by /u/CambodiaPOLS!<

Why did the Agojie Amazons of Dahomey advocate an end to participation in slavery? >!by /u/LXT130J!<