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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.
Welcome back one and all to another fabulous edition of the digest! A truly great list of history threads over a huge variety of topics and timelines. Have a browse through the list and find something that makes the perfect reading!
Don’t forget to upvote your favorites, thank the author’s and show some love to the awesome people who put in so much work to make this an awesome community!
Start things off with The Histories of Enslaved People Floating Feature: A space to give voice to the histories of enslaved people throughout time and space
Check out the next Rules Roundtable XIII: Soapboxing, Loaded Questions, and Asking in Good Faith
Tuesday Trivia is back baby! And kicking off with a thread about DEATH
An awesome Friday Free For All!
We’ve got a brilliant, packed Saturday Showcase this week! Featuring /u/Steelcan909, /u/Klesk_vs_Xaero and /u/Zooasaurus.
That wraps us up for another week! Enjoy the threads and I’ll see you next Sunday!
Spare a thought for the interesting yet overlooked posts that still wait for an answer!
/u/Envra asked At what point is a language considered useful?
/u/huyvanbin asked Did control of infectious disease make modern hospitals possible?
/u/Doctor_Repulsor asked How did Michel Ney feed himself and his rearguard during Napoleon's 1812 retreat from Russia?