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The Years of Rice and Salt insinuates that orchestral music, or massed mixed instruments was a purely European idea prior to the 1500s. Is this correct?

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Was the relaxing of behavioral restrictions in the Old Testament by Christians gradual or fairly abrupt?

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Prior to desegregation, the few black units of soldiers in the US military were always highly decorated. Since black soldiers were continuously recognized from conflict to conflict, why were there so few black combat units until after the Korean war?

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What was the reaction by the common person to the ascension of the Scottish King James to the English throne in 1603?

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Did the Japanese victory at the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War have a role in the decision to attack the US Pearl at Harbor?

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Why did the English Kings have to pay the French Kings homage as a Duke prior to the 100 Years' War?

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In the film 'Gandhi' they stop a cavalry charge by lying down. Did this really happen?

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Why didn't the Egyptian Pyramids settle unevenly even a little, over thousands of years?

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Soviet pilots in the Korean War

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Why did the British Empire never extend the peerage system to their colonies?

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The Years of Rice and Salt insinuates that orchestral music, or massed mixed instruments was a purely European idea prior to the 1500s. Is this correct?	15
Was the relaxing of behavioral restrictions in the Old Testament by Christians gradual or fairly abrupt?	14
Prior to desegregation, the few black units of soldiers in the US military were always highly decorated. Since black soldiers were continuously recognized from conflict to conflict, why were there so few black combat units until after the Korean war?	12
What was the reaction by the common person to the ascension of the Scottish King James to the English throne in 1603?	11
Did the Japanese victory at the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War have a role in the decision to attack the US Pearl at Harbor?	11
Why did the English Kings have to pay the French Kings homage as a Duke prior to the 100 Years' War?	11
In the film 'Gandhi' they stop a cavalry charge by lying down. Did this really happen?	11
Why didn't the Egyptian Pyramids settle unevenly even a little, over thousands of years?	11
Soviet pilots in the Korean War	10
Why did the British Empire never extend the peerage system to their colonies?	9