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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.
August has come to an end and thus we come to September and the first Digest of the month! Kick up your feet, grab a snack, and enjoy all those fantastic posts I’ve collected. Feel free to post your own or any that I missed! Also everyone should go check out the page for the AskHistorians Conference. Mark your calendars for those awesome panels and sign up for some networking events.
Also don’t forget to thank those fabulous authors and share a few upvotes for all the hard work they do.
Best of AskHistorians August Award Winners!
Check out the new AskHistorians Podcast Episode 156 - Latin American Classical Music.
Start off with a fantastic TUESDAY TRIVIA: It's back to school, but don't worry- none of this will be on the test! Cram in some fascinating facts about the HISTORY OF SCHOOL AND EDUCATION!
Lots of good book suggestions in the Thursday Reading and Recommendations thread.
It’s party time in the Friday Free For All!
I’m counting this as a META thread purely so that I don’t need to least all the great users who offered perspectives in Do the "historians" at r/AskHistorians have any qualifications, or are they just layman? Do any of you have PhDs?
That concludes our regularly scheduled Sunday Fun Day! Have a browse through the threads, and have a great week you awesome people.
Every week I like to identify some of "The Real Questions" of /r/AskHistorians! Here, we honor the more atypical questions that get asked here: the bizarre, abnormal, strangely niche or oddly specific, interestingly worded or built on uncommon premises, or otherwise amusing questions that make me say, "Finally, someone is asking the real questions." We look at little-known customs, unexpected historical anecdotes, unusual cultural traits, and other more unique questions that go beyond the regular brand of sociopolitical history that this subreddit so fabulously covers.
Below are my entries for this week! What do you think were the realest questions?
Feel free to call out any interesting yet overlooked posts that caught your eye and your heart this week. Perhaps a wandering expert will come on by and help out, or you’ll inspire other questions askers.
/u/THE-GRIMR3P3R11 asked about The fall of western Rome.
/u/Lordlemonpie asked How was it that Judaism was able to "survive" in medieval Europe while most other non-christian faiths weren't?