/u/Isatis_tinctoria's posts in /r/AskHistorians

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

I am about to finish a global history class, and my professor is inviting us to his office hours to optionally discuss history as an extra post finals class. What suggestions do others have to make the best of this, as it is my first formal history course in college?

9 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What caused the Great Depression from an economic sense? Was it only the Stock Market crash of 1929?

9 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What is the oldest recognized language in history? Is there a common ancestor to Indo-European languages and other languages?

9 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why did several human societies move from polytheism to monotheism? Was there an underlying incentive?

8 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

What is the most likely explanation for fate of the lost Roanoke Colony? Also are there other lost colonies, such as from the Spanish/Portuguese/French?

8 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

There seems to be a number of questions open about the authorship of Shakespeare's works - are we closer to answering them? Or are these answers based on circumstantial evidence? Is more evidence being discovered as the years go on?

7 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

How common was it for people to commute daily to work before the 1830s with the invention of trains?

7 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Was Fukuyama wrong about the "End of History" in his book 1992 "The End of History and the Last Man"?

6 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Were there fauna or flora that died en masse/went extinct during the Columbian exchange?

6 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why is there no unified school system in the US? In Europe each country seems to have a unified school system. I’m not exactly critiquing the US system. I am just curious why it’s not a federally controlled system. Is it for legal or constitutional reasons?

6 upvotes

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I am about to finish a global history class, and my professor is inviting us to his office hours to optionally discuss history as an extra post finals class. What suggestions do others have to make the best of this, as it is my first formal history course in college?	9
What caused the Great Depression from an economic sense? Was it only the Stock Market crash of 1929?	9
What is the oldest recognized language in history? Is there a common ancestor to Indo-European languages and other languages?	9
Why did several human societies move from polytheism to monotheism? Was there an underlying incentive?	8
What is the most likely explanation for fate of the lost Roanoke Colony? Also are there other lost colonies, such as from the Spanish/Portuguese/French?	8
There seems to be a number of questions open about the authorship of Shakespeare's works - are we closer to answering them? Or are these answers based on circumstantial evidence? Is more evidence being discovered as the years go on?	7
How common was it for people to commute daily to work before the 1830s with the invention of trains?	7
Was Fukuyama wrong about the "End of History" in his book 1992 "The End of History and the Last Man"?	6
Were there fauna or flora that died en masse/went extinct during the Columbian exchange?	6
Why is there no unified school system in the US? In Europe each country seems to have a unified school system. I’m not exactly critiquing the US system. I am just curious why it’s not a federally controlled system. Is it for legal or constitutional reasons?	6