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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 March history redditors! Let’s kick the month of with a bang by looking back at the awesome posts of last week. Broaden your horizons and try reading some topics that don’t normally grab your eye. Don’t forget to thank the great writers and use that upvote button liberally!
There was a fantastic AMA thanks to /u/Dr_Megan_Hunt in Hi! I'm Dr. Megan Hunt, cultural historian of the civil rights movement. I study how your favourite films about civil rights have shaped how we understand the movement itself. I'm here to answer your questions about civil rights for Black History Month. AMA!
Our very important Rules Roundtable continues. This is a great chance to familiarize yourself with our rules, and discuss them for better understanding. Check out Rules Roundtable I: Civility, It is Rule Number One!
Get some great book suggestions in the Thursday Reading and Rec thread.
It’s the Friday Free For All!
/u/Klesk_vs_Xaero continues to own the Saturday Showcase.
We’re planning to experiment with some changes to the digest in the coming weeks, so keep your eyes peeled! Should lead to some great ways to shine a light on some incredible contributions of people on the sub, while still keeping my rather obsessive list building tradition going. See you next Sunday!
Spare a thought for the interesting questions which still await an answer. Here’s a handful that caught my eye over the past week.
/u/stormyjin asked about Differences between American and British/Canadian relationship with indigenous people?
/u/Zeuvembie wants to get to the point in Did Women Ever Joust?
And also asked Who Would Have Been Part of the Dromedarii (Roman Camel Cavalry)?
/u/ForgotToLogIn asked Did Mamluk rulers try to suppress the information on their origins or try to embellish their ancestry?
I quite enjoyed the Black History Month showcase that ran every Sunday in February, so I thought, why not keep the idea rolling? March is Women’s History Month and a great chance to read some of the older posts focused on some awesome women both in History, and writing about it! Check out some of these great threads as part of your weekly reading dose.
One of my favorite Tuesday Trivia threads was all about Femme Fatales! and saw contributions from a wide number of people.
Assassins come for the king! Yet /u/historiagrephour isn’t backing down in Who was the woman who put her arm through a door (like a bolt) to prevent a king from being assasinated?
/u/KippyPowers wrote about precolonial gender in the Philippines.
I asked a quite specific question - Was historiography in the US about Soviet Union affected by the collapse of the Soviet Union itself? (rephrased for better understanding) and I received an excellent and very thorough reply from u/Kochevnik81, with great added sources for further reading as well. Even though the question and reply is quite specific, I think anyone interested in historiography will find the answer useful and interesting.