Automod took a nap today, so here we go!
Today:
Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, 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.
/u/hillsonghoods turned out an all-time favorite of mine between initial answer and follow-up:
My IFTTT alert system seems to have stopped working about two months ago, and I can't get it to start working again. Thus, I answered a question three days late after looking at posts from the past week. Hopefully I did a good job.
/u/LateNightPhilosopher asked How were Pre-Colombian Mesoamerican civilizations able to accomplish such sophisticated art and architecture without metal tools?
Let’s look back at the theme of the week! What did we learn about games? As always, if I overlooked anyone’s contribution, please let me know!
/u/DBHT14 and /u/Georgy_K_Zhukov talked about American football during the Civil War
/u/AshkenazeeYankee and /u/candidate0 talked about lacrosse becoming college and national sport
/u/Skiosmagus talked about car racing’s popularity in the South of U.S.
Hope I'm not too late! u/kieslowskifan gave an astounding overview of the defining characteristics of a "Bourgeois Monarchy" last Friday!
Hello there, you wonderful readers and contributors of AskHistorians! I hope everyone is having a great weekend and I bring you the latest batch of few popular and/or interesting questions from last week, which did not get an answer yet:
/u/chikindiner wants to know more about 18th century animal “freak shows” and smart pigs
/u/mrpeabodyscoaltrain asked about Harry S. Truman’s use of novel swear words
/u/ysdrokov would like to know the factors that allowed the Jesuits to succeed in converting the Japanese