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

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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?

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

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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?

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

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

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Why do people often compare the Banking Crisis under the Jackson administration in the 1820s with the current economic crisis?

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Why did the Tokugawa shogunate shut the borders of Japan?

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Why didn't the Spanish colonize the current southern part of the United States after the de Soto Expedition?

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Did the growing acceptance of interest (usury) allow the expansion of European institutions and activities after the Middle Ages?

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Why did several human societies move from polytheism to monotheism? Was there an underlying incentive?	8	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
How common was it for people to commute daily to work before the 1830s with the invention of trains?	7	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
Was Fukuyama wrong about the "End of History" in his book 1992 "The End of History and the Last Man"?	6	AskHistorians
Were there fauna or flora that died en masse/went extinct during the Columbian exchange?	6	AskHistorians
Why do people often compare the Banking Crisis under the Jackson administration in the 1820s with the current economic crisis?	5	AskHistorians
Why did the Tokugawa shogunate shut the borders of Japan?	5	AskHistorians
Why didn't the Spanish colonize the current southern part of the United States after the de Soto Expedition?	5	AskHistorians
Did the growing acceptance of interest (usury) allow the expansion of European institutions and activities after the Middle Ages?	5	AskHistorians