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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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Do the lives saved from Nazi medical advances outweigh the number of people killed in concentration camps?

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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	AskHistorians
I read online that there were no Blacks (Bantus) on Madagascar until the French put them there. Is that really true?	48	AskHistorians
During times of colonialism, did nobility from Europe ever marry nobility of another place?	12	AskHistorians
What does it mean when european powers "exploited political and cultural divisions" between colonized peoples?	10	AskHistorians
In prehistory, were the peoples of Europe more racially distinct?	8	AskHistorians
was the Italian tongue in the medieval period more similar to Roman Latin than Italian is today?	7	AskHistorians
What caused Black power and Black pride to die in the US?	4	AskHistorians
To what degree was white slavery of Blacks influenced by arab slavery of Blacks?	3	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
Do the lives saved from Nazi medical advances outweigh the number of people killed in concentration camps?	2	AskHistorians