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Olaf II of Norway was officially canonized in 1164 for bringing Christianity to Norway in the 11th Century. Modern scholarship, however, says that he most likely played a minor role in the Christianization of the country. How and why did his role in the Norwegian conversion become so overemphasized?

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How did the extensive use of Pervitin (methamphetamine) during Nazi Germany effect the German people after WWII?

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Why did the Dutch bring so many Indians to Suriname?

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The CEH determined that the Mayan counterinsurgent guerilla forces of 1970s Guatemala did not pose a serious political threat to the Guatemalan government. So why did the government then enact a genocide against the Mayan people?

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In his Last Will and Testament Emperor Charlemagne states that the kings of the Franks shall be elected by the people. How did this work in practice? Was it upheld by the later kings of the Franks? How does this compare to the Magna Carta?

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I saw a comment on a different subreddit that mentioned that at some point Virginia appropriated part of D.C. How and why did this occur?

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To what extent could you say the US is culpable for the Indigenous Genocide during the Guatemalan Civil War?

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Olaf II of Norway was officially canonized in 1164 for bringing Christianity to Norway in the 11th Century. Modern scholarship, however, says that he most likely played a minor role in the Christianization of the country. How and why did his role in the Norwegian conversion become so overemphasized?	175	AskHistorians
How did the extensive use of Pervitin (methamphetamine) during Nazi Germany effect the German people after WWII?	74	AskHistorians
Why did the Dutch bring so many Indians to Suriname?	5	AskHistorians
The CEH determined that the Mayan counterinsurgent guerilla forces of 1970s Guatemala did not pose a serious political threat to the Guatemalan government. So why did the government then enact a genocide against the Mayan people?	3	AskHistorians
In his Last Will and Testament Emperor Charlemagne states that the kings of the Franks shall be elected by the people. How did this work in practice? Was it upheld by the later kings of the Franks? How does this compare to the Magna Carta?	3	AskHistorians
I saw a comment on a different subreddit that mentioned that at some point Virginia appropriated part of D.C. How and why did this occur?	3	AskHistorians
To what extent could you say the US is culpable for the Indigenous Genocide during the Guatemalan Civil War?	1	AskHistorians