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The excellent r/AskHistorians is not moving over to the fediverse. Until they find an ethical site to move to, please:

  1. summarize questions in the title using the most important keywords first,
  2. cite reliable sources when answering questions, and
  3. be courteous.

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How did Spanish conquistadores like Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada sail up the Magdalena? (mander.xyz)
submitted 1 month ago by KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz to c/askhistorians@lemmy.ca
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Was Stalin an actual Communist? (lemmy.ca)
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Did he actually believe in communism? Or did he just see an opportunity to be dictator and took it? There was plenty of industrialization that needed to happen prewar and plenty of rebuilding after the war, so it's actually hard for me to see his true ideology.

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Dutch Republic, late 1700s, VOC's legislative influence. (web.archive.org)
submitted 1 year ago by Jack@lemmy.ca to c/askhistorians@lemmy.ca
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Did the Staten-Generaal supervise the Heeren XVII, was it the other way round, were they usually the same people, or did it not work like that?