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Was the encomienda a more deadly form of forced labor?

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What kinds of medical and surgical practices were common among the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican societies?

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The historian Fernando Cervantes argues that the impoverishment of Indigenous people in Latin America was the fault of newly independent nation states, whereas Spanish rule brought “stability and prosperity”. Is this an accepted view among academics?

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Is there evidence that disease spread in advance of European settlers in the Americas?

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Was the encomienda a more deadly form of forced labor?

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Question about New Conquest History: how do we balance discussing Indigenous agency without also whitewashing colonialism?

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How much did the Spanish colonial mita differ from the mita under Inca rule?

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Eric Foner describes the American South as the largest slave society in modern history. How do historians view this claim?

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How did Indigenous people respond to the encomienda?

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How accurate is Graeber and Wengrow’s description of the Enlightenment in The Dawn of Everything?

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Was the encomienda a more deadly form of forced labor?	20	AskHistorians
What kinds of medical and surgical practices were common among the Aztecs and other Mesoamerican societies?	18	AskHistorians
The historian Fernando Cervantes argues that the impoverishment of Indigenous people in Latin America was the fault of newly independent nation states, whereas Spanish rule brought “stability and prosperity”. Is this an accepted view among academics?	18	AskHistorians
Is there evidence that disease spread in advance of European settlers in the Americas?	16	AskHistorians
Was the encomienda a more deadly form of forced labor?	15	AskHistorians
Question about New Conquest History: how do we balance discussing Indigenous agency without also whitewashing colonialism?	14	AskHistorians
How much did the Spanish colonial mita differ from the mita under Inca rule?	14	AskHistorians
Eric Foner describes the American South as the largest slave society in modern history. How do historians view this claim?	12	AskHistorians
How did Indigenous people respond to the encomienda?	11	AskHistorians
How accurate is Graeber and Wengrow’s description of the Enlightenment in The Dawn of Everything?	10	AskHistorians