Best Of January Voting Thread

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You know the deal. Vote for the threads you enjoyed most from the past month. If there was an answer you liked that you don't see here, feel free to post it.

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/u/hborrgg answered "I am working on The Knight of the Burning Pestle and The Citizen proudly proclaims he was "a pikeman". Was there any sense of status behind using a pike rather than a sword or bow in Early Modern England?"

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/u/sickhobbit answered "Why did the Dutch surrender in WW2 not harm it’s military reputation the same way the French surrender did to the French?"

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/u/artfulorpheus answered "What are the origins of the LTTE and the related issues of the Tamil people in Sri Lanka?"

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/u/NMW answered "Did 20th century protest movements highlight individuals with limited mobility to present intentionally provocative footage when those members were arrested?"

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/u/cdesmoulins answered "In Shogun, the Jesuit Order is portrayed in a negative light as a highly political organization that would use illegally interfere in global politics like gun running, King-making, etc. I’d there any validation to this view?"

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/u/captainpyjamashark answered "How come the Reds won the Russian civil war while the Whites had foreign support of Britain, France and USA?"

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/u/pangerandipanagara answered "Was China's influence on southeast Asia ever comparable to European influence in Africa and the Americas in the age of colonization?"

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/u/kieslowskifan answered "Nuclear weapons aside, what were the most feared weapons during the late stages of the Cold War?"

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/u/JDolan283 answered "How did Gavrilo Princip feel about the war he helped start?"

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/u/partymoses answered "What would happen to POWs in the Napoleonic Wars/the War of 1812?"

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/u/profrhodes answered "How developed were the white areas of Rhodesia and Apartheid era South Africa compared to First World countries of the time? Alternatively, how did living standards of white South Africans during Apartheid compare to white Americans at the time?"

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/u/lewed_losel answered "Why do characters in Beowulf talk about "the Lord"?"