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What is the historical origin of accounting? I have read online that it comes from pre-renaissance Italy - but is there an event that caused it to be needed? Or is there a text, such as a philosophical text or political treatise, that called for it to be needed?

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Why didn't Canadian English colonies join the colonies that would become the United States in the American Revolution?

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Was the historical text of the Bible really written in Aramaic originally or was it originally written in the Koine Greek?

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I recently read that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson took a tour of the English countryside during their diplomatic mission to England in the 1780s. Is there a lot reported about what they saw, who they met, what they discussed? It seems like a fascinating place to be for them.

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What caused the fall of the British Empire?

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What do we know about the pre-Celtic people of the British isles? Do we know anything about their languages?

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Why didn't China set up settlements in the New World like Europe?

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Did Wilson's values make a big impact after WWI?

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Do historians here have any advice for studying history in graduate school?

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Did the British soldiers at Roarke's Drift really sing Men of Harlech?

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What is the historical origin of accounting? I have read online that it comes from pre-renaissance Italy - but is there an event that caused it to be needed? Or is there a text, such as a philosophical text or political treatise, that called for it to be needed?	37
Why didn't Canadian English colonies join the colonies that would become the United States in the American Revolution?	32
Was the historical text of the Bible really written in Aramaic originally or was it originally written in the Koine Greek?	28
I recently read that John Adams and Thomas Jefferson took a tour of the English countryside during their diplomatic mission to England in the 1780s. Is there a lot reported about what they saw, who they met, what they discussed? It seems like a fascinating place to be for them.	28
What caused the fall of the British Empire?	21
What do we know about the pre-Celtic people of the British isles? Do we know anything about their languages?	20
Why didn't China set up settlements in the New World like Europe?	17
Did Wilson's values make a big impact after WWI?	16
Do historians here have any advice for studying history in graduate school?	14
Did the British soldiers at Roarke's Drift really sing Men of Harlech?	13