Why did EADG(BE) become the standard tuning for most string instruments?

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O_oo_O

It's not.

Violin: GDAE

Viola: CGDA

Cello: CGDA

Stand-up bass: EADG

Banjo: GBGBD (bluegrass), others

Mandolin: GDAE

Lute: it's complicated