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When "standardized" versions of oral epic histories appeared (eg Homer's Odyssey, or Valmiki's Ramayana), did everyone accept these tellings of events as definitive, or did the stories still vary from one storyteller to another?

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What exactly does Gnosticism mean? What was its influence on modern religion, and why is it no longer widely practiced?

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How has DNA analysis of human (or animal) remains changed the way we view history?

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What was the reaction of the mathematical community when Godel published his incompleteness theorems?

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Was there really a Communist community in the Sasanian Empire?

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What did Helen Keller think of "The Miracle Worker?"

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Did the Gauls really use Greek letters?

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How did the Huns occupy such a large territory and have a large presence in historical writings, but we have no clear idea what their ethnolinguistic identity was?

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Why is Japan so strongly bonded with Bengali culture? And why is it so one-sided?

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Indian history question.

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When "standardized" versions of oral epic histories appeared (eg Homer's Odyssey, or Valmiki's Ramayana), did everyone accept these tellings of events as definitive, or did the stories still vary from one storyteller to another?	18
What exactly does Gnosticism mean? What was its influence on modern religion, and why is it no longer widely practiced?	17
How has DNA analysis of human (or animal) remains changed the way we view history?	17
What was the reaction of the mathematical community when Godel published his incompleteness theorems?	17
Was there really a Communist community in the Sasanian Empire?	16
What did Helen Keller think of "The Miracle Worker?"	12
Did the Gauls really use Greek letters?	10
How did the Huns occupy such a large territory and have a large presence in historical writings, but we have no clear idea what their ethnolinguistic identity was?	9
Why is Japan so strongly bonded with Bengali culture? And why is it so one-sided?	9
Indian history question.	8