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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 one and all to another glorious edition of the Sunday Digest! As per usual we have a fantastic selection of threads and answers for you to browse through. Feel free to post up any threads you really enjoyed and shout out your own stuff!
Don’t forget to check out the weekly features and upvote all those great answers and authors! Show them how much you appreciate the work they do.
Happy Indigenous People's Day! we had a fantastic thread from /u/aquatermain and with lots of comments from /u/Snapshot52!
/u/johngmarks joined us for an awesome AMA! I’m Dr. John Garrison Marks, author of 'Black Freedom in the Age of Slavery.’ I’m here to talk about the history of race, slavery, and freedom in the Americas. Ask me anything!
Looking for some new books? Check out the Thursday Reading and Recommendation thread!
Lots of fun and discussion to be had in the Friday Free For All!
/u/ParallelPain rocks the Saturday Showcase!
And that finishes off my blurb for the week. Keep it classy out there, enjoy the history and I’ll see you next Sunday!
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! Questions with a ‡ feature a link to an older answer(s) instead of or along with a direct reply. What do you think were the realest questions?
Take a moment this Sunday and show some appreciation for the interesting yet overlooked posts that caught your eye. These are just a fraction of the ones I liked, and feel free to post your own!
/u/clovis_227 asked Alcohol consumption in pre-Islamic North Africa and Levant?
/u/holy_moley_ravioli_ is still searching for I'm a Roman explorer wandering around sub-Saharan Africa circa 1 A.D. Do you find large cities that remind me of home? Is the technology level roughly the same? Am I impressed by the civilizations I find?