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How does the Indian caste system compare to the Japanese caste system?

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

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

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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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How does the Indian caste system compare to the Japanese caste system?	25	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians
How has DNA analysis of human (or animal) remains changed the way we view history?	17	AskHistorians
What exactly does Gnosticism mean? What was its influence on modern religion, and why is it no longer widely practiced?	17	AskHistorians
What was the reaction of the mathematical community when Godel published his incompleteness theorems?	17	AskHistorians
Was there really a Communist community in the Sasanian Empire?	16	AskHistorians
What did Helen Keller think of "The Miracle Worker?"	12	AskHistorians
Did the Gauls really use Greek letters?	10	AskHistorians
Why is Japan so strongly bonded with Bengali culture? And why is it so one-sided?	9	AskHistorians
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	AskHistorians