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Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day!
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Floating Feature: A Sky Built Before Us - The History Of The Stars
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Tiny Tina's Floating Feature: A History Of The Borderlands
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Silence Is Oppression Too: A History Of Indigenous Resistance Against State Violence
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To what extent did the differences between Maximilian and Franz Joseph Hapsburg damage the diplomatic relations between Austria and México after Maximilian was crowned Mexican emperor?
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On Feb 23, 1981, there was a fascist coup d'etat attempt in Spain that was condemned by most of NATO, except for the US. Given the rise in popularity of the Spanish Communist Party at the time, was Reagan's staunch anticommunism what led his administration to refuse to condemn the failed coup?
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In 1935, Argentine tango singer Carlos Gardel's plane crashed into another aircraft during takeoff in Medellín, Colombia, resulting in 17 casualties, including Gardel himself. How common were commercial plane crashes in the 1930s?
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AskHistorians Podcast Episode 197 - White Mythic Spaces in Historical Representation with Stefan Aguirre Quiroga
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AskHistorians Podcast Episode 187 - The Origins of WWI as Presented in Textbooks with /u/Starwarsnerd222
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AskHistorians Digital Conference 2021 Closing Remarks
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Monday Methods: Revisiting Female Composers and their Contributions to Western Art Music
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Monday Methods: more unmarked indigenous graves means confronting even more painful realities. A Spanish translation of our earlier thread on Residential Schools
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AskHistorians Podcast Episode 177 - The Argentine Revolution
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AskHistorians Podcast Minisode - Causes of the Great War
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AskHistorians Podcast Episode 169 - Gaelic Work Songs with Meg Hyland
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Happy Indigenous People's Day!
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Building the Nation, Dreaming of War: Nation-Building Through Mythologies of Conflict Panel Q&A
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What was the cost of rebuilding the White House and the city of Washington after it was destroyed in the War of 1812? Did the destruction have a cultural impact in the developing of patriotism among the locals?
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How did Honoria, sister to the Roman Emperor, manage to send a message to none other than Attila, without it being intercepted?
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How did Napoleon III's reforms affect the later development of France's economy?
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Which major sports events were used for political reasons?
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I'm a middle class American citizen in 1879 and I witness a total solar eclipse. How much do I understand about it? How widespread was the access to, and the availablity of scientific discoveries and knowledge to the average person, to those outside of academia or the upper class?
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Popular culture usually depicts many hidden passages/ escape tunnels in medieval and modern era castles, fortresses, strongholds and even large houses. Were such passages as widely used as we seem to think?