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Does the field of History have any standards or conventions around citing facts & figures from sources whose conclusions differ from your own?

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Are the "famous last words" of historical figures considered mostly apocryphal, or do historians trust their biographers' accounts? If the latter, did important figures pre-plan their dying words to be as memorable as possible?

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Can anyone point me towards an online source for the 1868 (40th) Congressional transcripts of debates on the 14th Amendment?

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Arguments for and against mass child sacrifice at Pheonician tophets?

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What do sources tell us about the relationship between European indentured servants and African slaves in early colonial America?

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Silphium was supposedly a potent natural contraceptive over-cultivated to extinction in Classical Rome. Are there any other "wonder drugs" alluded to historical sources but lost to us today?

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What was the transatlantic journey like for European war brides of U.S. troops following WWII?

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How are your professional relationships with historians that share your field but argue from across a political divide?

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English-speaking historians of Reddit, what foreign- (or ancient) language primary sources are you eager to see translated for your research?

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Was the Abbasid Caliphate the first polity to import African slaves into Mesopotamia and southern Iraq?

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Does the field of History have any standards or conventions around citing facts & figures from sources whose conclusions differ from your own?	2
Are the "famous last words" of historical figures considered mostly apocryphal, or do historians trust their biographers' accounts? If the latter, did important figures pre-plan their dying words to be as memorable as possible?	2
Can anyone point me towards an online source for the 1868 (40th) Congressional transcripts of debates on the 14th Amendment?	2
Arguments for and against mass child sacrifice at Pheonician tophets?	2
What do sources tell us about the relationship between European indentured servants and African slaves in early colonial America?	2
Silphium was supposedly a potent natural contraceptive over-cultivated to extinction in Classical Rome. Are there any other "wonder drugs" alluded to historical sources but lost to us today?	1
What was the transatlantic journey like for European war brides of U.S. troops following WWII?	1
How are your professional relationships with historians that share your field but argue from across a political divide?	1
English-speaking historians of Reddit, what foreign- (or ancient) language primary sources are you eager to see translated for your research?	1
Was the Abbasid Caliphate the first polity to import African slaves into Mesopotamia and southern Iraq?	1