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A recent Guardian article about climate-resilient crops had this throwaway line: "In the Americas, Spanish colonizers banned the Aztecs and Maya from growing amaranth when they arrived on the continent." What would be the purpose of Spaniards banning cultivation of a staple crop?

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The mini-series "Manhunt", about Ted Kaczynski, portrays the FBI as being opposed to any possibility of kaczynski testifying as they viewed his philosophy as dangerous to America. Is there any evidence that this was really the feeling at the FBI or their stated goal?

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WWII historians: What is your opinion of Timothy Snyder's argument that Hitler was neither the nationalist nor the totalitarian he is depicted as, but rather saw the world through an "ecological" lens?

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What do we know, if anything, about how the average ancient Egyptian (or comparable imperial cults) viewed and reacted to their living god-king?

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AMA Request: Someone who was involved in the London protest, preferably one for both a protester and a police officer.

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Prior to European arrival, were there Polynesian settlements on Australia?

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A recent Guardian article about climate-resilient crops had this throwaway line: "In the Americas, Spanish colonizers banned the Aztecs and Maya from growing amaranth when they arrived on the continent." What would be the purpose of Spaniards banning cultivation of a staple crop?	558	AskHistorians
The mini-series "Manhunt", about Ted Kaczynski, portrays the FBI as being opposed to any possibility of kaczynski testifying as they viewed his philosophy as dangerous to America. Is there any evidence that this was really the feeling at the FBI or their stated goal?	6	AskHistorians
WWII historians: What is your opinion of Timothy Snyder's argument that Hitler was neither the nationalist nor the totalitarian he is depicted as, but rather saw the world through an "ecological" lens?	3	AskHistorians
What do we know, if anything, about how the average ancient Egyptian (or comparable imperial cults) viewed and reacted to their living god-king?	2	AskHistorians
AMA Request: Someone who was involved in the London protest, preferably one for both a protester and a police officer.	1	IAmA
Prior to European arrival, were there Polynesian settlements on Australia?	0	AskHistorians