/r/askhistorians

Title	Upvotes	Author
Did any Malay, Indonesian or Nusantara states establish settlements in Australia and what was Australia to them?, a useless desert or just too far away from the action	618	Pecuthegreat
How different was the life of a farmer or an artisan in, for example, Lusitania, during the reign of a "good" emperor (Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius, Trajan, Marcus Aurelius) vs. a "bad" emperor (Caligula, Nero, Commodus)?	618	[deleted]
Did the inventors of the Electoral College envision the significant state population discrepancy we have today?	618	pallladin
When the Roman Empire gradually lost territory, was there a “postcolonial” reckoning where former dependencies actively tried to reverse Roman cultural influence and bring back their “native” culture?	618	iwanttobepart
During the War of 1812, the United States’ war effort was financed in large part by loans from a British merchant bank, Barings. How was it possible for a British financial institution to directly support an enemy state at a time of war?	618	[deleted]
In the Netflix series 'Blue Eye Samurai' a person with blue eyes from a European father and Japanese mother is constantly ostracized and often literally demonized. Are there any historical grounds for this quasi racial stereotyping/othering in 17th century Japan?	618	Raptor_be
In the postwar American rocket program, was there ever a period, due to sheer numbers and quality of German scientists, when German was the de facto language within the program (research papers and such)?	617	moralprolapse
Homo sapiens left Africa ~200,000 years ago, but earlier human ancestors (erectus, ergaster, etc) inhabited much of the Old World ~1.5 million years ago. Why did they all die? Why did early humanity need multiple tries to successfully colonize Earth?	617	ablewasibobisawelba
Was Genghis Khan aware of Julias Caesars accomplishments?	617	imnotthatbaked
King Afonso VI of Portugal was made powerless in 1668 after a public trial (with 55 witnesses) centered on proving his sexual impotence. What do we know about this trial? Was there a precedent, or was it purely politically motivated? What was the evidence ultimately used to justify a Regency?	617	Oppidano

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