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In my high school history classes, the fate of the USS Maine is usually described as a boiler-room accident or a deliberate "false-flag attack" to provoke war with Spain. What is the current academic consensus on the disaster?

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I read online that there were no Blacks (Bantus) on Madagascar until the French put them there. Is that really true?

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During times of colonialism, did nobility from Europe ever marry nobility of another place?

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What does it mean when european powers "exploited political and cultural divisions" between colonized peoples?

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In prehistory, were the peoples of Europe more racially distinct?

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was the Italian tongue in the medieval period more similar to Roman Latin than Italian is today?

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What caused Black power and Black pride to die in the US?

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To what degree was white slavery of Blacks influenced by arab slavery of Blacks?

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Were any Black people from outside of West Africa (like Angola, the Congo, Ethiopia, or Kush) ever kidnapped to feed the American slavery machine?

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Many believe that Beethoven and Mozart were Moorish. Where does this belief come from?

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In my high school history classes, the fate of the USS Maine is usually described as a boiler-room accident or a deliberate "false-flag attack" to provoke war with Spain. What is the current academic consensus on the disaster?	1395
I read online that there were no Blacks (Bantus) on Madagascar until the French put them there. Is that really true?	48
During times of colonialism, did nobility from Europe ever marry nobility of another place?	12
What does it mean when european powers "exploited political and cultural divisions" between colonized peoples?	10
In prehistory, were the peoples of Europe more racially distinct?	8
was the Italian tongue in the medieval period more similar to Roman Latin than Italian is today?	7
What caused Black power and Black pride to die in the US?	4
To what degree was white slavery of Blacks influenced by arab slavery of Blacks?	3
Were any Black people from outside of West Africa (like Angola, the Congo, Ethiopia, or Kush) ever kidnapped to feed the American slavery machine?	3
Many believe that Beethoven and Mozart were Moorish. Where does this belief come from?	2