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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.
Greetings one and all! It’s that very best time of week, Digest Time! As always, we’ve got an amazing selection of threads for you to check out.
Important PSA! I’m away for most of the week and likely most of the next weekend as well. If I do put a Digest up next week its going to be late and sparse. So I’m counting on you (yes YOU) to save those amazing threads you see and post them up next week so I can check them out when I get back. Help the community and help your favorite mod whose name ends with ‘kom’. That’s teamwork!
As per my usual spiel, check out the weekly thread, upvote your favorite authors and keep being awesome. We also have several special threads this week that are well worth checking out.
Let’s kick things off with this special META thread to give an update on the 1 Million Subscriber update!
Then go onto The Cigarette: A Political History AMA led by /u/Allofmilov.
Our second fantastic AMA was Hi! I'm Keagan Brewer. AMA about Saladin's invasion of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187! Hats off to /u/KeaganBrewerOfficial for a great thread!
Don’t forget the Friday Free For All!
The Saturday Showcase continues to feature /u/Klesk_vs_Xaero.
That’s it from me for now. Have yourselves a great read and an awesome week!
Late to the party after some busy weekends, but finally a long list to catch up on.
/u/Bigglesworth_ answered "During the age of flight especially WW2 did we allready anticipate the low temperature and oxygen deprivation at altitude?"
/u/boo_cait on "How did perception of Sappho change from the 19th to the 20th century?"
/u/Djiti-djiti on "Is the book "Dark Emu: Black Seeds" by Bruce Pascoe accurate?"
Over the course of my wanderings I’ve come across a number of poor overlooked threads that still cry out for the attention of an expert. Show them some love and if you have some questions of your own to call out, now’s your chance.
Don’t loaf around. Someone help /u/buy_some_winrar with Before the french revolution, bread was sometimes baked with sawdust. Why was sawdust added to the recipe? Someone grabbed it while I was sleeping!
/u/Ghalib123d asked Did Akbar refuse a Portuguese offer of a Printing Press?
/u/Frigorifico asked During the early Middle Ages, why was Wales so fragmented?