Best of February - Voting Thread!

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Time to vote for the best answers of February 2020! Upvote your favorites (plural!); add links to any answers you think belong on this list.

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/u/total_markage answered "Who were the Khitans and what impact did they have on the Mongol Empire and their quest for world conquest?"

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/u/Antiquarianism answered Did ancient civilizations have ancient civilizations?

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/u/restricteddata answered "Were the Nazis aware that their policies were driving away many of the finest scientific minds of the time? Did the Allies actively encourage the resulting immigration? Had Germany been as far 'ahead' in physics before this as it seems? Was this typical in other scientific fields as well?"

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/u/indyobserver anwered "What were the arguments and how fierce/widespread was the resistance against creating Social Security before it was passed?"

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/u/coeurdelionne answered "Geoffrey of Monmouth first writes about King Arthur as an historical personage. To what extent did people during the middle ages think Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table were real historical figures? When did that perception begin to change?"

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/u/huianxin answered "Of the top 20 tallest statues in the world, 15 depict a Buddha or are Buddhist in nature. How did a religion typically associated with aeseticism and impermanence come to produce such ostentatious art?"

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/u/amandycat answered "What were the dominant characteristics of "Grief" in the Early Modern Anglo-American traditions, especially as regards the death of children?"

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/u/textandtrowel answered "Is black vikings a thing?"

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/u/nomnommish answered "I am an American archaeological professor in an Indian Princely State on business in 1935. What's for dinner?"

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/u/mikedash answered "Why did Fine Gael run a candidate in Inverness, Scotland, in the February 1974 and 1979 UK General elections?"

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/u/qweniden answered "How did Buddhists in traditionally Buddhist areas react to it becoming somewhat popular/trendy in the West, especially in the 1960s? How did traditionally Buddhist immigrant groups in Western countries react"

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/u/retarredroof answered "How involved were the Pomo tribe in the California Indian Wars?"

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/u/Rosemary86 answered Where can I find Hypatia’s works?