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What terms do historians use for non-indigenous, colonized peoples? For example, the Hakka and Hokkien peoples of Taiwan

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The Mexican Revolution is full of political movements named directly after their leaders - Zapatismo/ the Zapatistas, Carrancistas, Maderistas, Villistas, or (less commonly) Orozcistas, Callistas, and Heurtistas. Why is this naming convention so widely used in this time and place?

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What was the reaction in the Soviet Union to the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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I’m a Han Chinese woman living in a city of the People’s Republic of China in the mid-80s, and I am pregnant with my second child. What are my options?

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Why didn't Queen Elizabeth II ever meet with Lyndon B Johnson?

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Afro-Caribbean slavery on sugar plantations was notoriously brutal and fatal. If I were, say, a slave on a coffe or indigo plantation in 18th century Saint-Domingue, how different is my experience of slavery?

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What agricultural products are closest to their "natural" form? That is, what produce shows the least signs of artificial selection?

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Are there records of pre-modern compulsive hoarding?

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Why did the 1973 OPEC embargo lead to long lines at gas stations?

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Was alcohol genuinely used as a pre-modern anaesthetic? If so, would medical practitioners oversee its administration?

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What terms do historians use for non-indigenous, colonized peoples? For example, the Hakka and Hokkien peoples of Taiwan	194	AskHistorians
The Mexican Revolution is full of political movements named directly after their leaders - Zapatismo/ the Zapatistas, Carrancistas, Maderistas, Villistas, or (less commonly) Orozcistas, Callistas, and Heurtistas. Why is this naming convention so widely used in this time and place?	37	AskHistorians
What was the reaction in the Soviet Union to the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?	8	AskHistorians
I’m a Han Chinese woman living in a city of the People’s Republic of China in the mid-80s, and I am pregnant with my second child. What are my options?	6	AskHistorians
Why didn't Queen Elizabeth II ever meet with Lyndon B Johnson?	5	AskHistorians
Afro-Caribbean slavery on sugar plantations was notoriously brutal and fatal. If I were, say, a slave on a coffe or indigo plantation in 18th century Saint-Domingue, how different is my experience of slavery?	3	AskHistorians
What agricultural products are closest to their "natural" form? That is, what produce shows the least signs of artificial selection?	1	askscience
Are there records of pre-modern compulsive hoarding?	1	AskHistorians
Why did the 1973 OPEC embargo lead to long lines at gas stations?	1	AskHistorians
Was alcohol genuinely used as a pre-modern anaesthetic? If so, would medical practitioners oversee its administration?	1	AskHistorians