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Turkey denies the Armenian genocide, and lots of people in the Middle East deny the Holocaust ever happened, which makes me wonder: are there any other big historical events that countries have denied or tried to erase from history?

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What are the oldest institutions (besides governments or churches) that are still active today?

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During the South African diamond rush in the late 1800s, how were mixed race peoples like the Griqua people regarded by the British, the Boers, and the native (non-mixed-race) people?

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What are the best books on the life of Charlemagne?

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How did the British colonies handle murder trials that involved the killing of a person from the colonized culture (Indian, Zulu, etc) by a British individual?

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When did the Iranian people realize that the overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953 was the result of a covert US & British operation?

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How long did it take news to travel from Britain to its far way colonies (such as India and Cape Colony) in the latter half of the 1800s? How did news and messages typically travel?

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How would a murder trial play out in the late 19th century British Empire?

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Turkey denies the Armenian genocide, and lots of people in the Middle East deny the Holocaust ever happened, which makes me wonder: are there any other big historical events that countries have denied or tried to erase from history?	184	AskHistorians
What are the oldest institutions (besides governments or churches) that are still active today?	30	AskHistorians
During the South African diamond rush in the late 1800s, how were mixed race peoples like the Griqua people regarded by the British, the Boers, and the native (non-mixed-race) people?	11	AskHistorians
What are the best books on the life of Charlemagne?	9	AskHistorians
How did the British colonies handle murder trials that involved the killing of a person from the colonized culture (Indian, Zulu, etc) by a British individual?	7	AskHistorians
When did the Iranian people realize that the overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh in 1953 was the result of a covert US & British operation?	4	AskHistorians
How long did it take news to travel from Britain to its far way colonies (such as India and Cape Colony) in the latter half of the 1800s? How did news and messages typically travel?	1	AskHistorians
How would a murder trial play out in the late 19th century British Empire?	0	AskHistorians