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Have historians generally bought the premise, argued recently in "The Closing of the Western Mind," that the rise of Christianity changed the relatively pluralistic, open, and tolerant Greco-Roman world into a culture based on the rule of fixed authority?	0	AskHistorians
In 1994, the US banned assault weapons, but mass shooting did not decline significantly. Were shooters relying on illegally-acquired assault weapons or different types of guns during this period?	0	AskHistorians
The Western world switched from building primarily vernacular and classical buildings to modernist/brutalist buildings in the 20th century. Was this related to an ideological switch from traditional values to nihilism among certain members of society?	0	AskHistorians
Did Jesus go to his death a failure in "conventional terms?"	0	AskHistorians
When did overt government propaganda fall out of favor in the United States?	0	AskHistorians
Cambridge says the term Anglo-Saxon is racist. What do historians think of this?	0	AskHistorians
Did "Extra Virgin Olive Oil," really result from a creative solution to having one too many Vestal Virgins in Rome?	0	AskHistorians
At what point did it become obvious to Europeans that the United States would become a major power and a player in world affairs? Did it take a while for the US to gain the respect of older countries?	0	AskHistorians
Would the US founding fathers be surprised we're still using their constitution? Would they be surprised that we'd changed/amended it so little?	0	AskHistorians
Charles De Gaulle put France back together after WWII, but then spent 12 years out of power while his country almost came apart at the seams again. Why did he lose favor after his heroic war leadership, and why did the country get into trouble under different leadership?	0	AskHistorians

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