/u/Gogani's posts in /r/AskHistorians
A history professor giving a lecture about the greco-turkish war said that "Greece's loss of Smyrna was entirely their fault because they overreached instead of being content with just Smyrna". How accurate is this ?
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I read that during WWI, the British "were almost singlehandedly feeding the local population" of the Hedjaz. Is that true, and if so, why did they feed the enemy's population?
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How historically accurate is Amin Maalouf's historical fiction "Leo Africanus" in its depiction of Late Medieval and Early Modern North Africa ?
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How did firearms, and gunpowder weaponry in general, develop outside of Europe between the 16th and 19th century, and how widespread were they ?
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How did medieval Indians carry executions? Did they behead the prisoners like their european counterparts?
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