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A Recap of AskHistorians 2022-10-07 to 2022-10-13
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:
"Why should I be "glad Nixon isn't Slovenian" as these campaign buttons claim I would be?", response by /u/jbdyer
"How did New Age and offshoot movement become so obsessed with (often pseudo-)āNative Americanā culture?", response by /u/rivainitalisman
"If Churchill wanted to call Hitler during ww2 could he do so? How much communication was there in ww2 between the various sides and how was it accomplished?", response by /u/Georgy_K_Zhukov
"What's up with this global western phenomenon of formerly rich industrial areas being incredibly poor now? Areas like the Rustbelt, Ruhr Valley, Northern England and Wales, the former mining areas in the Netherlands, Belgium and Northern France?", responses by /u/questi0nmark2 and /u/orincoro
"Southern states in the US seceded in the 1860s fearing that slavery would be abolished. But couldnāt these states have blocked abolition for a very long time if they had just stayed?", response by /u/Red_Galiray
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:
"Why do we have 1 numerical system (Hindu-Arabic) worldwide but 100ās of languages? What caused this consolidation for numbers but not languages?", response by /u/Jack_O_Frost
"Why are landlocked countries like Mongolia and Switzerland members of the International Whaling Commission? Surely they have no whaling industry to speak of.", response by /u/an_ironic_username
"Spamalot declares "We won't succeed on Broadway if we don't have any Jews". Why are Jews so connected to Broadway, and what was the reaction to parody songs like this?", response by /u/jelvinjs7
"What did marriage look like in the tribes of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy?", response by /u/foreverandafew
"How did race and skin tone factor into beauty standards of Ancient Greece?", response by /u/Pami_The_Younger
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?
Features You Might Have Missed:
2022-10-15: "Announcing the Best of September Award Winners"
2022-10-11: "Tuesday Trivia: Decolonization! This thread has relaxed standardsāwe invite everyone to participate!"
2022-10-06: "AskHistorians Podcast Episode 208 - Pirates and Public History with Rebecca Simon"
As always, don't forget to say "Hi" in Today's Friday Free-for-All
Features Coming Up:
- 2022-10-18: Tuesday Trivia: Clothing & Costumes!
Tuxedo Cat Junction
A well dressed gentleman on some stairs.
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