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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.
Another Sunday leads us to another fantastic digest, packed to the brim with threads and subjects spanning history! Grab a comfy chair, pour yourself a drink and dive into some reading! Don’t forget to upvote your favorites and thank the authors!
Super important news! Hwæt! We have new Moderators! Raise a cheer for those brave souls who are joining us on the front lines of moderation!
Join the discussion on the Rules Roundtable XIV: Political Agendas, Moralizing, and the Mythical 'Unbiased Answer'
Have a look at the brilliant Tuesday Trivia on TEENAGERS!
We’ve got another jam packed Friday Free For All!
/u/Klesk_vs_Xaero continues to rock the Saturday Showcase.
And so ends another week of the finest content I spend time compiling! I hope you folks enjoy it, keep it classy and I’ll see you next Sunday!
I have basically an entire month to catch up on...
/u/abrytan answered "Was there any sort of cohesive pro-Nazi resistance movement in Germany towards the end of the war?"
/u/amp1212 answered "How did America handle the spread of illness in the 1700s?"
/u/antiquarianism answered "Why did so many developing civilizations all over the world have Gods despite having no contact with each other?" and "Given homo sapiens tenure on Earth, is there insufficient evidence of civilization before the Fertile Crescent or does the evidence not satisfy the categorization as civilization?"
Toss an upvote to your unanswered questions, and hold out hope that an expert might come by get hooked!
/u/lorettalovestoretto asked Can someone recommend me some reading material on how Europe recovered after the World War 2?
/u/TigPlaze asked Did many American slaveholders believe that they were benevolent?
/u/HotrodCow asked How did the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s affect the Deaf community in the U.S.?