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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.
This is also a chance to shout out those interesting yet overlooked questions that still await the attention of a passing expert. Did something catch your eye? Perhaps inspired a question of your own? Then this is the place to show them some love!
We creep towards the ending of November, but the deluge of awesome history threads never ends. We’ve got ourselves a staggering variety that always impresses me. Don’t forget to check out the weekly features, not to mention some special ones this week, and thank those hard working contributors! From question askers, FAQ Finders, answer writers and more, this community is built on you folks!
You can join in a fascinating AMA right now! /u/Sikhscholar is hosting I am Gurinder Singh Mann, author of 'The British and the Sikhs: Discovery, Warfare and Friendship c1700-1900', here to answer your questions about Sikh History, Anglo Sikh Wars etc
Kick things off with a bang! We are AskHistorians flairs of the Viking Age! Ask us anything about Assassin's Creed: Valhalla!
Then our very own /u/crrpit held an AMA! In the late 1930s, tens of thousands of people from across the world decided to fight in Spain. Why did they risk their lives for the sake of a country they'd never visited and a people they'd never met? I'm Dr Fraser Raeburn - AMA about war volunteering, anti-fascism and the Spanish Civil War!
The AskHistorians Podcast: AskHistorians Podcast Episode 163 - Gender, Inequality and Rhetoric in US Education History with Jenn Binis, includes two of my favorite people talking about a fascinating topic.
Get some reading recommendations in the Thursday Reading and Rec!
A fairly quiet Free For All this week.
We’ve got the first Saturday Showcase in a while when /u/Xuande88 comes to write about Communism and Leftism in Iran.
An interesting META thread this week that I think a lot of folks ask themselves. Why 20 years, exactly?
And thus we come to a close for another week. I hope all you fantastic people have yourselves a great day/week and I’ll see you next week.
It's that time of week again! You know, time when we take a look at the wilder side of /r/AskHistorians. That's right, it's time for "The Real Questions", where I shout out the unique, oddly specific, atypical, amusingly phrased, or otherwise interesting questions of the week, the ones that make me say "Finally, someone is asking the real questions."
Below are my entries for this week - questions with a ‡ have a link to an older thread. What do you think were the realest questions? And be sure to check out my full list of Real Questions.