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"Slavery was not put into practice because of racial theories; racial theories sprang up in the wake of slavery, so to justify it" (Richard Wright). How true is this for colonial Africa? Did the West have racial preconceptions before colonising Africa?

3675 upvotes • Themisuel

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What is fascism?

3674 upvotes • ChaosOnline

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Why did Greek not leave behind a family of languages the way Latin did?

3672 upvotes • MittlerPfalz

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What do we know because of the Dead Sea Scrolls that we wouldn't have known otherwise?

3671 upvotes • aerovistae

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[META] Thank you for not making /r/AskHistorians a default sub

3669 upvotes • WileECyrus

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[Meta] Just wanted to say a quick thank you to the mods and contributors of this awesome sub.

3668 upvotes • txby432

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Documents from many huge companies were sent flying over Manhattan after the towers fell. Was any confidential information unintentionally gleaned from these files? Was there a concerted recovery effort to ensure client privacy, or did people focus on the obviously graver issues at hand

3667 upvotes • nueoritic-parents

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Happy Indigenous People's Day!

3666 upvotes • aquatermain

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During cold war both KGB and CIA had high ranking moles inside their organisations. Is it known which side did better job at infiltrating their opponent and getting sensitive information as cold war progressed?

3661 upvotes • marius46849

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Modern Australia is clustered into five cities on the coast, completely ignoring 99% of the land (at least for residential use), did aboriginals also stay on the coast or were they more evenly spread across the continent?

3661 upvotes • alanivar75

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
"Slavery was not put into practice because of racial theories; racial theories sprang up in the wake of slavery, so to justify it" (Richard Wright). How true is this for colonial Africa? Did the West have racial preconceptions before colonising Africa?	3675	Themisuel
What is fascism?	3674	ChaosOnline
Why did Greek not leave behind a family of languages the way Latin did?	3672	MittlerPfalz
What do we know because of the Dead Sea Scrolls that we wouldn't have known otherwise?	3671	aerovistae
[META] Thank you for not making /r/AskHistorians a default sub	3669	WileECyrus
[Meta] Just wanted to say a quick thank you to the mods and contributors of this awesome sub.	3668	txby432
Documents from many huge companies were sent flying over Manhattan after the towers fell. Was any confidential information unintentionally gleaned from these files? Was there a concerted recovery effort to ensure client privacy, or did people focus on the obviously graver issues at hand	3667	nueoritic-parents
Happy Indigenous People's Day!	3666	aquatermain
During cold war both KGB and CIA had high ranking moles inside their organisations. Is it known which side did better job at infiltrating their opponent and getting sensitive information as cold war progressed?	3661	marius46849
Modern Australia is clustered into five cities on the coast, completely ignoring 99% of the land (at least for residential use), did aboriginals also stay on the coast or were they more evenly spread across the continent?	3661	alanivar75