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How did musical notation come about? Did it spread cross-culturally quickly? Do we know of any old songs that were preserved because of its invention?
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1910s The United States Constitution was amended 4 times in less than 8 years starting in 1913, after being unchanged for 40+ years, culminating with the adoption of women's suffrage and Prohibition. Why such proactive changes? Did they reflect underlying dissatisfaction or something else?
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How, when and why did the *New York Times* establish its reputation as the 'paper of record', at least in the US? Were there any preexisting competitors that it supplanted to achieve this status?
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Were large-scale slave revolts in the American south rarer than in other places with a history of slavery, or were the high profile examples of the servile wars and the Haitian revolution the exceptions and not the rule?
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How was the State of the Union covered prior to the advent of telecommunications? Was it considered a big deal?
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FDR's election in 1932 ushered in unprecedented changes in Americans' expectations of what the government could and should do for its people; did he run on this kind of promise? Was it in line with Roosevelt's record as governor of New York, or a product of the changing times?
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According to mythology, Odysseus won the Trojan War employing deception and underhanded tactics; was there any ambivalence in Greek culture about lionizing such a figure?
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Where did the Chinese tradition of using eunuchs at high levels of ministerial office come from? Was it adopted from one dynasty to the next? Was it a conscious decision to end the practice?
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