Today:
You know the drill: this is the thread for all your history-related outpourings that are not necessarily questions. Minor questions that you feel don't need or merit their own threads are welcome too. Discovered a great new book, documentary, article or blog? Has your Ph.D. application been successful? Have you made an archaeological discovery in your back yard? Did you find an anecdote about the Doge of Venice telling a joke to Michel Foucault? Tell us all about it.
As usual, moderation in this thread will be relatively non-existent -- jokes, anecdotes and light-hearted banter are welcome.
I remember at some point there was an automod post for when people asked questions about the Holocaust that linked to a very informative post or sets of posts. Was that a false memory haha? I remember it being very good and would like to save the link for future sharing. Thanks
Will this be the weekend I discover the true effect of the Napoleonic Wars on Irish agriculture? Hopefully one of the three books I got in the library have the answer (they have now noticed my binge of Great Famine literature)
Your Weekly /r/askhistorians Recap
Friday, October 28 - Thursday, November 03
###Top 10 Posts
| score | comments | title & link |
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| 11,427 | 7,533 comments | [Meta] AskHistorians has hit 1.5 million subscribers! To celebrate, we’re giving away 1.5 million historical facts. Join us HERE to claim your free fact! |
| 4,378 | 94 comments | The aftermath of Kanye West’s antisemitic rhetoric has again sparked debate that Black Americans are the original Israelites/Hebrews. Why is this myth still so prevalent within the Black community? |
| 2,637 | 47 comments | Why did nazis write death certificates for the victims in concentration camps? It seems like a waste of time for as long as they are in power and a hindrance if they were ever discovered. |
| 2,427 | 61 comments | How wild would a medieval forest like the Black Forest in Germany actually be? |
| 2,141 | 111 comments | Has anyone ever actually avenged their murdered monarch parent and reclaimed their kingdom? |
| 1,948 | 66 comments | At the end of the 2022 movie adaption of All Quiet On The Western Front an unnamed German general sends his troops into a suicidal attack against French forces out of sheer spite, only hours before the war ends. Did such an attack or such attacks really happen during the last hours of WW1? |
| 1,877 | 157 comments | Everybody - not just historians - knows about Columbus, Cleopatra, Da Vinci and Lincoln. They're the celebrities of history. What are come examples of such historical "Celebrities" that used to be globally known, but faded away from collective memory? |
| 1,758 | 18 comments | Why did the United Kingdom willingly transfer so many island colonies to Australia between 1914 and 1958? |
| 1,606 | 50 comments | I am a common citizen of Uruk in 2900BC, in its Golden Age. What does my house look like? |
| 1,183 | 9 comments | What happened to the 200,000 Polish children Germany kidnapped and forcibly adopted out to German families? |
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Is there an objective book/documentary out there about Margaret Thatcher? I'm a US citizen who is looking to learn about her but I find it's hard to not get a biased view of her.
I'm looking for secondary literature about the (modern, from the second half of the 20th century on) historiographical debate about 4th and 5th century Rome. Any suggestions?