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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.
Once again we spend some time proclaiming our interest in some overlooked questions from the week. Perhaps a wandering expert will see them and be interested, or perhaps others will be inspired in their own question asking. None the less, here’s the list of those that caught my eye.
/u/Warriormind556 asked about How did Steppe Armies take cities and fight in difficult terrain?
/u/escapetist asked How did the Arabic spoken in Umayyad Spain and the Arabic spoken in the Middle East diverge over the centuries?
/u/Muskwatch wants to know about We hear a lot about AIM and other Native American/Indigenous rights movements of the 60s and onwards, but what type of activism was going on prior to the long march and the birth of AIM, going back to the beginning of the century?
It’s my favorite time of the week. Another chance to shout out and show my appreciation to all the amazing writers, authors and contributors to my favorite sub on the internet. We’ve got a fine selection of thread’s, on a variety of topics that continually amaze me. This week we also had some fabulous AMA’s and some big news!
Did you like our last Floating Feature series? Interested to see how the greatest sub where historians are asked questions would handle the entirety of Human history? Well as they say, go big or go home! So let me introduce you to the next AskHistorians Floating Features Season! Everyone has stories to share, and we want to hear them! So check this out, because it's the Fall/Winter Flair Drive and Floating Feature Series!
The first one starts tomorrow! So get ready!
Our first brilliant AMA was on AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' HISTORY OF THE US FOR YOUNG PEOPLE featuring /u/debreese and /u/JeanMendoza2019. You should run, not walk (Er, click quickly?) to go check it out!
Our second fantastic AMA was with Dr Simon Elliott. Today's subject is Roman Britain. My most recent book was 'Julius Caesar: Rome's Greatest Warlord.' Hats off to /u/SimonElliott20 for the read!
Looking for some books to read? Want more then just this digest worth of great write ups? (It’s fine, I’m not bitter. More the merrier.) Then check out the Thursday Reading & Recommendations!
The Friday Free For All! Don't miss the banter.
The Saturday Showcase saw posts from three different people! Check out the great write ups.
That finishes off another Digest. Enjoy the list, don’t forget to upvote your favorites, and thank the contributors who put so much time into such amazing posts! See you next week!
I wanted to get in here before /u/Gankom so that I could thank /u/Djiti-djiti for dealing with my questions and doing such an incredible job.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/dy6eq1/what_was_the_society_of_western_australian/
It deserves to be in the months Best Of IMO.
u/Jack21113 asked "How would a person adopt/get a dog in the 1800’s?" which still doesn't have an answer and is a really interesting question.
u/fiftythreestudio is looking for answers on "Who built the Oregon Trail," and seeking some specifics on who cleared the trail for the first wagon train. No answers yet but another great question few people think about.
u/TheNorthie gave an interesting answer to "Who (personally) was responsible for deciding to fire bomb Dresden, and did they experience any repercussions for making that decision?"