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In "1493" Mann states Japanese samurai helped protect silver shipments from highwaymen near Acapulco in the 1600s. Is there any evidence to support this story?

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Did the construction of Confederate monuments significantly increase during periods of debate over civil rights?

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[META] The Annals of AskHistorians: Announcement of New Mods!

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Were European zoos inspired by Montezuma's zoo in Tenochtitlan?

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What was the legal justification for the Chinese Exclusion Act, and how did anti-Chinese rhetoric development to make passage of the Act possible?

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What do we know about the Lady of Cofitachequi, and women leaders, in the Mississippian Period?

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How do researchers account for complications when using slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project?

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How did royal rule differ from proprietary rule in the early U.S. colonies?

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Panel AMA: Frontiers, Borderlands, and Liminal Spaces

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What was the legal justification for the Chinese Exclusion Act, and how did anti-Chinese rhetoric develop to make passage of the Act acceptable?

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In "1493" Mann states Japanese samurai helped protect silver shipments from highwaymen near Acapulco in the 1600s. Is there any evidence to support this story?	137
Did the construction of Confederate monuments significantly increase during periods of debate over civil rights?	104
[META] The Annals of AskHistorians: Announcement of New Mods!	99
Were European zoos inspired by Montezuma's zoo in Tenochtitlan?	91
What was the legal justification for the Chinese Exclusion Act, and how did anti-Chinese rhetoric development to make passage of the Act possible?	89
What do we know about the Lady of Cofitachequi, and women leaders, in the Mississippian Period?	89
How do researchers account for complications when using slave narratives from the Federal Writers' Project?	87
How did royal rule differ from proprietary rule in the early U.S. colonies?	78
Panel AMA: Frontiers, Borderlands, and Liminal Spaces	70
What was the legal justification for the Chinese Exclusion Act, and how did anti-Chinese rhetoric develop to make passage of the Act acceptable?	66