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Moudhy Al-Rashid answers listener questions on ancient Mesopotamia, which encompassed multiple remarkable civilisations and saw numerous revolutionary innovations

Professor Sheilagh Ogilvie answers your questions on a mysterious medieval federation that dominated trade in northern Europe

Were medieval towns filthy? How often did fires break out? And where could you get a slap-up meal? Carole Rawcliffe answers listener questions on urban life in the Middle Ages

Professor Matthew Gabriele answers all the big questions about the early medieval empire that stretched across much of Europe – and takes a closer look at its ruling dynasty

Ben Pink Dandelion answers listener questions on the history of the Quaker religious movement

Dr Serena Dyer briefs us on the history of underwear – from bras and knickers, to G-strings, bloomers and codpieces

Kerry McInerney answers your questions on the history of robots – from ancient Greece to the age of AI

Jerry Brotton guides us through the turbulent waters of Tudor exploration

Nicky Nielsen dives into the 3,000-year history of ancient Egyptian warfare – from the earliest skirmishes to the campaigns of Ramesses II

Rosalind Crone answers your questions on education in 19th-century Britain – from dame schools to the dunce's hat

Claire O'Callaghan explores the lives and work of the Brontë sisters

Dan Todman answers listener questions on the bombing raids that hit Britain during the Second World War

Seb Falk challenges the notion that the medieval period was a scientific 'dark age'

Owen Miller answers listener questions on a bloody Cold War conflict in Asia

Claire Taylor answers listener questions on the Christian movement which emerged in southern Europe during the 12th century

Caroline McCaffrey-Howarth answers listener questions on the spectacular showcase of arts and innovation that wowed Victorian London in 1851

Jane Pettigrew charts the extraordinarily long history of one of the world's most popular hot drinks

Maurice J Casey answers listeners' questions about the revolutionary ideology, its key thinkers and its impact on modern history

Anna Keay answers listener questions on the dynasty that dominated Britain in the turbulent 17th century

Mark Weeden answers listener questions about the ancient civilisation whose existence was almost completely forgotten for three millennia

Dr Hannah Skoda answers listener questions about the use of torture in the Middle Ages

Vicki Cummings answers listener questions on prehistoric stone circles, from how they were built to what they were for

Hugh Kennedy answers listener questions on the multicultural medieval caliphate that stretched from Tunisia to the frontiers of India

Ian Goldin answers listener questions about the history of migration, from the earliest examples to upheavals caused by colonialism and war