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A Recap of AskHistorians 2022-07-29 to 2022-08-04
So here's a story all about how my life got---I mean, about all the interesting stuff on AskHistorians this last week!
Popular This Week: You might have clicked too early, so here are the responses to some of the most upvoted questions from the past week:
""Christianity didn't become a world religion because of quality of its teachings, but by the quantity of its violence" - Eleanor Ferguson. Is this statement historically correct?", response by /u/keplie-cat
"Why did Greek not leave behind a family of languages the way Latin did?", response by /u/toldinstone
"I'm in 16th century Europe, and dino nuggets haven't been invented yet. What do I feed my children that are picky eaters?", response by /u/EdHistory101
"Ancient Mediterranean piracy was largely wiped out by the Romans in the first century BC. But what about Indian Ocean piracy? With the vast wealth of India, Rome and China crisscrossing the seas from Egypt to Malacca, was piracy a major issue in the region in antiquity?", responses by /u/random2187 and /u/toldinstone
"Did peasants ever try to leave their lords and establish a village of their own, and did these villages abandon the feudal system or would the founders be considered the lords of said villages?", response by /u/Jehan5323
Things You Probably Missed: Great stuff flies under the radar every week! Here is a selection of responses the Mod Team enjoyed, but didn't get the attention they deserved:
"Was reading actually frowned upon in France/The European world at any point before the 19th century?", response by /u/gerardmenfin
"Cavalry in the First World War are often presented in pop-history as a doomed branch of arms, but how did they see themselves?", response by /u/IlluminatiRex
"There is a large 45 year gap between the end of the American Civil War and the beginning of the Great Migration (1910s-1970s). Given the bad conditions for African-Americans in the American South why didn't they start migrating several decades sooner?", response by /u/Red-Galiray
"Commonly stated knowledge are that the Internet, GPS and other technology are developed by US government and given to the private sectors for free. What are the circumstances that led to those decisons, since even public-funded universities asked for money?", response by /u/restricteddata
"How did Empress Dowagers Become so Powerful in China?", response by /u/shkencorebreaks
Still Looking for an Answer: Sometimes great questions don't get answered. Yet. Maybe you have the chops to give these the answer they deserve though?
Flair Profile of the Week: Looking for some old classics to read? This week the randomly selected flair profile is that of /u/erissays , flaired for 'European Fairy Tales | American Comic Books'. What better way to examine history, then here!
Features You Might Have Missed:
2022-08-03: "Short Answers To Simple Questions"
2022-08-02: "Tuesday Trivia: Cults!"
As always, don't forget to say "Hi" in Today's Friday Free-for-All
Features Coming Up:
2022-08-09: The coming week’s theme, and the Tuesday Trivia casual thread, will be about the Black Atlantic! So bring all your best questions and get your write ups ready for the TT thread!
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