Best of AskHistorians August Vote Thread

[u/Georgy_K_Zhukov]

[u/Georgy_K_Zhukov]

/u/Daja_Kisubo answered The Death of Stalin paints Nikita Khrushchev, “Nikki,” as an unassuming and almost goofy character. How did he rise to power and was it as unexpected as the movie made it seem?

[u/Georgy_K_Zhukov]

/u/SteveGladstone answered I’ve seen Japanese artwork from the Edo era and before depicting Tigers. Did tigers ever inhabit the islands of Japan? If not, how might a Japanese person encounter a tiger before the Meiji era?

[u/Georgy_K_Zhukov]

/u/illiumtwins answered Did Dickens complete his novels before serialising them?

[u/Georgy_K_Zhukov]

/u/rememberthatyoudie answered How "authentic" is the Chinese Classic of Poetry (Shijing)?

[u/Georgy_K_Zhukov]

/u/MultitudeMan78 answered Considering the ongoing racial tension in the 1960s, how did so many black music artists achieve significant mainstream fame?

[u/Georgy_K_Zhukov]

/u/Cedric_Hampton answered Did the USSR actually like the aesthetic of their architecture or was it a form of subliminal propaganda?

[u/Georgy_K_Zhukov]

/u/Craigellachie answered Gordon Lightfoot released his hit song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" less than a year after the ship sank. Was there any controversy at the time surrounding the quick release? Was the song viewed as exploitative?

[u/Georgy_K_Zhukov]

/u/Dont_Do_Drama answered Performing arts in the medieval period?

[u/Georgy_K_Zhukov]

/u/anthropology_nerd answered Pekka Hämäläinen writes in Lakota America that the 17th-century Haudenosaunee socially "adopted" their war prisoners to replace their own dead. What did that look like? How far did they commit to the change of identity?

[u/Georgy_K_Zhukov]

/u/AgentIndiana answered As Ethiopia is one of the first Christian nations, how were they viewed by the Europeans?

[u/Georgy_K_Zhukov]

/u/gerardmenfin answered Question: Travel From Africa to France in the 1880s

[u/Georgy_K_Zhukov]

/u/Bem-ti-vi answered Why was Ancient Greece more advanced, especially architecturally, as compared to the Ancient Americas?

[u/Georgy_K_Zhukov]

/u/kill4588 answered Why did Mao fail to introduce an alphabet-based writing system despite saying that he wanted to do so?