/r/askhistorians

Title	Upvotes	Author
Why did most civilizations in history with access to wheat flour opt to make flatbreads whereas European breads used yeast and other cultures to create risen bread?	317	canuck-sysadmin
How "Venetian" would the average citizen from an inland city like Brescia or Udine have felt during the time of the Venetian Empire, considering the identity of "Venice" was heavily tied to the City itself, or would most non-Venetians have simply accepted the status quo and felt nothing?	317	New_Pakistani
Popular culture is full of stories of "lost arts" that actually aren't (we do know how to make damascus steel, for example). Are there technologies or techniques superior to modern ones that actually were, and remain lost?	317	sandwiches_are_real
How often did soldiers loot other soldiers for weapons in WW2? (or any 20th century war for that matter)	316	nasrmg
When the Berlin wall was erected in 1961, how did families and friends who happened to live in previously unforeseen boundaries interact with each other?	316	FAGET_WITH_A_TUBA
Since it's Thanksgiving: what did the Pilgrims, the residents of the Virginia Colony, and other 17th century English colonists in North America think of each other? Was it "those non-conforming nuts up on Massachusetts Bay" and "those sinners on the James"?	316	yodatsracist
How formative was Tolkien to the genre of high fantasy?	316	space_fountain
How did the Ku Klux Klan think of Nazi Germany and vice versa? Were there any attempts by Germany during WWII to use or "recruit" the KKK?	316	Obligatory-Reference
Today I was told that the first mint workers of the US mint were required to work in the nude in order to prevent theft of coins. Is there any actual truth to this?	316	historiagrephour
Why is Jesus Christ usually portrayed as having long hair and being kind of effeminate and emaciated-looking? Is it accurate that a typical Jew of the 1st Century, who worked as a carpenter in the Levant region would look like that?	316	Jerjacques

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