Today:
Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Day of Reflection. Nobody can read everything that appears here each day, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.
Lots of good stuff this week...
/u/agentdcf's posts on the social and cultural implications of different bread-making techniques throughout history was an unexpected pleasure. I always like his posts, but I never thought I'd be interested in bread!
/u/Krastain had a great answer on how ancient Rome was able to feed itself. Unflaired user too, so this is one to look out for.
/u/American_Graffiti's post about child sexuality might be a bit before the cut-off (did I mention it last week? I can't remember), but just in case it got missed, here it is again.
/u/NMW's post on the British poetry of the First World War was really a way longer answer than I thought the question could even get, but that's what I like about this subreddit after all.
/u/MrBigHouse kicks off a very in-depth conversation about the partitioning of India.
I enjoyed this week:
/u/constantandtrue in Are there any recorded instances of homosexuality among indigenous tribes in Africa or the Americas?
/u/zuzahin on late 19th century photography
/u/American_Graffiti in Panelists of American history: what do you most disagree with in Zinn's "A People's History?" What do you most agree with?
/u/A_Crazy_Canadian in What information about Leif Ericsson can be verified as historically accurate?
/u/coree in Why were book titles of the 19th and 18th century so long, as well as give away the plot?
/u/TRB1783 in Is there any value in historical reenactments?
Not a specific post, but a final shout out for the excellent AMA by /u/JamesMcPherson, /u/estherke for running it, and of course /u/Anastik for essentially cold calling the professor to get it to happen.
There were some great questions, and some even better answers, including a few that have been bugging me for awhile.
Just a few that WileE and Joe didn't cover:
/u/Samuel_Gompers on Why did the New Deal exclude agricultural labor from the right to organize?
/u/Qhapaqocha on what the Inca did with regards to Did the Aztecs,Incas or Maya ever try to adapt European technology before being defeated?
/u/rakony on Are the Mongol Khans ever cast in a positive light in China or Russia? (and in Iran, with a bit of prompting).
/u/idjet gave a great response to the thread on Catharism which was a bit late to get the acclaim it deserved
/u/Evan_Th taught me a thing I didn't know about the etymology of the word "Paschal".