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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 more into the breach in the name of history! I bring you the finest compilation of hand crafted, free range threads to ever grace this side of reddit. From a staggering variety of topics, to some truly amazing write ups. Upvote your faves, thank the authors, and don’t forget to check out the special features!
Check Out the Very Best of AskHistorians! Announcing the Winners of the 'Best of 2019' Contest! It’s the BEST of the BEST for an entire year! Absolutely worth the click to see the immense quality on offer.
Second place on the list is the most recent Floating Feature: Join in and share the history of 1698 through 1840! It's Volume X of 'The Story of Humankind'!
Who doesn’t like a rip roaring META discussion on a frequent topic? Toss a coin to your moderators, oh reddit of plenty, for here’s Sub question - Why can't we have 'Answered' flairs!? and the issuing back and forth on the topic. Also thank you to the people this week who’ve frequently said there’s never any answers on this sub. It’s delicious motivation to see those comments while I type this up at 2am Sunday morning.
There were some excellent book suggestions in The Thursday Reading and Rec thread.
The Friday Free For All goes to school, discusses some grave business, wonders about the pyramids, and more!
It was a full house in the Saturday Showcase with responses from three of my favorite people. Thanks /u/WelfOnTheShelf, /u/Klesk_vs_Xaero and /u/CoeurdeLionne!
There was a bunch of good suggestions in What's are some informative history podcasts I could listen to? Including my favorite, a link to the AskHistorians podcast!
That wraps us up for another week, and a special one at that. It’s the one year anniversary of my mod-dom, and I’ve got no shame and thus will brag about it to high heavens. So huzzah for special digest, huzzah for an awesome year, and I’ll see you next week!
Never forget the interesting, yet overlooked questions as well. This is a chance to show some appreciation for those questions that caught your eye yet remain unanswered.
/u/The_White_Wolf04 asked Counterfeiting in Medieval and Renaissance Europe.
/u/unpopularhispanic asked Did Congress declare war on Native Americans?
OK, playing catch-up on the past month
/u/abrytan answered "What happened to those trained as insurgents or partisans after WWII?"
/u/agentindiana answered "Why is much of African history were preserved by oral (a.k.a hearsay) rather than written tradition ?"
/u/aksibashi answered "Cod liver oil appears in many 19th century accounts as a cure-all forced down the throats of sick children. How did this trend start, and did it work?"
Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here
Well, nobody except /u/Gankom apparently