Sunday Digest | Interesting & Overlooked Posts | December 01, 2024

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1h43vgz/sunday_digest_interesting_overlooked_posts/

created by AutoModerator on 01/12/2024 at 14:00 UTC

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Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians[1]' 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.

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians

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Comment by Gankom at 01/12/2024 at 15:46 UTC

6 upvotes, 80 direct replies

December has come! Which means this new Digest is celebrating all those fantastic contributions from the closing days of November. There’s still no snow here in my place, or for many of you fine folks, but you can still snuggle up with some fantastic history. Don’t forget to check out the usual weekly features, and any special ones, upvote all your favorites and shower those hard working contributors in thanks.

Announcing the Best of October Award Winners!

Give a gift of History with the AskHistorians 2024 Holiday Book Recommendation Thread!

Office Hours November 25, 2024: Questions and Discussion about Navigating Academia, School, and the Subreddit

Sadly nothing in the Tuesday Trivia: Dance! This thread has relaxed standards—we invite everyone to participate!

And the Thursday Reading and Rec!

the Friday Free for All!

META! How do/does the minds behind r/askhistorians collect, organize and present previous answers?

And that’s it for me! I vanish once more into the mists of history, returning next week with another sack of history write ups. Keep it classy out there history fans, stay safe, and I’ll see you again next week!

Comment by Canadairy at 01/12/2024 at 17:33 UTC

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

u/Gankom,  I have a favour to ask. Is there any chance you could do a holiday digest of all the great Christmas/Channukah questions that have been answered here over the years?

Comment by Gankom at 01/12/2024 at 15:44 UTC

3 upvotes, 9 direct replies

As always, spare a moment of your Sunday to consider some of the fascinating yet overlooked questions we’ve gotten this past week. Feel free to post your own, or those you’ve come across in your travels, and maybe we’ll get lucky with a wandering expert.

/u/holomorphic_chipotle asked Did Native Americans have legal standing in English courts?

/u/OnShoulderOfGiants asked Why is the death of Marcus Aurelius often considered the end of the Pax Romana?

/u/Kumquats_indeed asked Do we know how spicy chili peppers were around the time Europeans first encountered them? What sort of varieties were there in the Caribbean and Mesoamerica at the time?