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Historian Pekka Hämäläinen argues that Lakota expansion ended up protecting many other Indigenous communities from colonial violence. How accepted is this view?

347 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How true is David Graeber and David Wengrow's claim that, given the choice between living in colonial societies or Indigenous ones, people "almost invariably" chose the latter?

253 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Sam Harris writes that "most of human progress arose in the West". Is this true?

219 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Historian Matthew Restall writes that the modern world was built on “Holocaustic levels of slaughter and enslavement of non-European peoples”. Is this accurate or over-simplistic?

214 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Do historians and archeologists have any ballpark estimate of the scale of Aztec human sacrifice?

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What video games have writing as good as Kentucky Route Zero?

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David Graeber and David Wengrow argue that Indigenous Americans lived in “generally free” societies and that Europeans did not. How do historians view this?

42 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How prevalent was slavery in Aztec society?

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In a recent book, historian José Lingna Nafafé argues that the legal debate over abolition was started by African abolitionist Lourenço da Silva Mendonça. Is this true?

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How big of a role did Tlaxcala play in the fall of Tenochtitlan and subsequent conquests in Mesoamerica?

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Historian Pekka Hämäläinen argues that Lakota expansion ended up protecting many other Indigenous communities from colonial violence. How accepted is this view?	347	AskHistorians
How true is David Graeber and David Wengrow's claim that, given the choice between living in colonial societies or Indigenous ones, people "almost invariably" chose the latter?	253	AskHistorians
Sam Harris writes that "most of human progress arose in the West". Is this true?	219	AskHistorians
Historian Matthew Restall writes that the modern world was built on “Holocaustic levels of slaughter and enslavement of non-European peoples”. Is this accurate or over-simplistic?	214	AskHistorians
Do historians and archeologists have any ballpark estimate of the scale of Aztec human sacrifice?	49	AskHistorians
What video games have writing as good as Kentucky Route Zero?	47	kentuckyroutezero
David Graeber and David Wengrow argue that Indigenous Americans lived in “generally free” societies and that Europeans did not. How do historians view this?	42	AskHistorians
How prevalent was slavery in Aztec society?	34	AskHistorians
In a recent book, historian José Lingna Nafafé argues that the legal debate over abolition was started by African abolitionist Lourenço da Silva Mendonça. Is this true?	25	AskHistorians
How big of a role did Tlaxcala play in the fall of Tenochtitlan and subsequent conquests in Mesoamerica?	23	AskHistorians