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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.
Happy Holidays to the best reddit community out there! Tis the season to eat, drink, read and be merry. Spend some time this coming week going over the best posts of the last, and share some great history with your family.
Remember to upvote your favorite posts and thank the brilliant authors who put so much time into the posts.
Floating feature time! Tell Your Scary (or not scary!) Stories from 690 to 1130 CE! It's Vol. V of 'The Story of Humankind'!
Then there was another great AMA with a Roman theme! Hi, my name is Dr Simon Elliott, and I am here to chat about the mighty Julius Caesar. Many thanks to /u/SimonElliott20 for coming to answer everyones questions.
And a new podcast! What better way to travel then by listening to AskHistorians Episode 144 - The Fire Is Upon Us
If your looking for reading beyond this fabulous digest, check out the Thursday Reading and Recommendations for some great book ideas.
Slow week in the Friday Free For All, but still some good stuff worth checking out.
There’s always more great /u/Klesk_vs_Xaero in the Saturday Showcase. Continuing to write on the rise of Italian Fascism.
Now it’s been a pretty busy week for me with lots of running around, so I’m sure there’s some quality posts I missed. If you notice something that didn’t make the list, absolutely feel free to post it up. Share your favorites with everyone!
That’s it for this wintery weekend digest. Have yourselves a fantastic holiday season, and a great solstice, because we’ve got one more digest before the New Year hits!
A bunch to catch up on from this month, and can't next week cause vacation... so... here we go.
/u/accidental_ouroboros on "Both the Witcher 3 and Skyrim have mentions of lighthouses being tampered with to make ships crash. Was this ever a common issue, or are there any popular documented cases?"
/u/aquatermain on "What exactly is "the West" and why does it exclude Africa and pre-European America?"
/u/aksibashi on "Why are there so many photos of Turks wearing a fez from around the turn of the century?"
Spend a moment this holiday weekend thinking about those poor overlooked yet interesting posts which still cry out for the attention of an expert.
/u/Player-12 asked Are there any accounts from classical era sailors of their experiences?
/u/Zeuvembie asked about Cultural Context for the Creation of Kwanzaa?
/u/AH_LA_questioner asked about Did Argentina attempt to recruit any other nations as allies against the British in the Falklands War?