1,174 Answered Questions for the topic History

05/04/19

What the heck is a thesis, anyway?
Here's the problem with the dictionary definition: it doesn't tell you how to write one. So, the real question isn't "What?" it's "How?"A thesis is an opinion that is arguable. In this case, it's... more
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05/01/19

Was there a time when some 1st person plurals ended with “-am”?
I was reading an old document put on the web and saw “siam” where I expected “siamo.”I was about to report a typo when I realized that at least a third of the verbs were that way—“dobbiam” and... more
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History World History

04/28/19

How did the French revolution influence the Russian revolution?
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History World History

04/28/19

How did nationalism spur the Industrial Revolution?
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04/28/19

Why did the ancients fail to discover that the Earth orbits the Sun?
The ancients observed that the Sun and the 'fixed' stars rotated about the Earth. They were also aware that the Earth was spherical. They performed many astronomical measurements on the planets -... more
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04/27/19

Training and Influences of J. S. Bach?
Johann Sebastian Bach is undoubtedly among the most celebrated of Baroque composers, and to many the great composer in all history. The era of the late 17th and early 18th centuries in which he... more
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History Math Science English

04/26/19

Too long to put in a title, haha it's in description
a truck with a wrecking ball on a 35-ft cable is go demolish a wall. On the next lot sits a building that is not to be demolished. if the maximum angle (from the vertical) through which the ball... more
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04/24/19

How are Bohr and Paul Berg related and what do they have to do with social responsibility?
I have an assignment in my History of Sciences and Technologies course. We are supposed to create a dialogue between Bohr and Paul Berg. The Prompt is: Complete a close reading of the selected... more
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04/21/19

Are there historical references that show that "diatonic" is a version of 'di-tonic' meaning 'two tonics'?
Wikipedia says that "diatonic" refers to a whole note scale or a scale with seven pitched per octave. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatonic_and_chromatic But my take is that the major and minor... more
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History Arabic Religion

04/20/19

What are the readings (qira'at) of Quran?
As far as I know there are more than one reading for Quran. Some say they are 7 and others say they are 14. What does that mean? Are there more than one Quran? Which reading is the correct one and... more
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04/19/19

Why don't upper case numbers exist?
Capital letters add a lot to text in various ways, for names, brands, emphasis (although capitalisation for emphasis is frowned upon)Why then, are there no upper case numbers?
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04/16/19

what is a "leitmotif" and by whom has it been introduced into music language?
after debating about Paraphrase in music and whether "paraphrasing" could mind something different I came to the question, that someone has been used the first time the German term of "leitmotif"... more
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04/16/19

What is the chemical symbol for gold?
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04/15/19

was the emancipation proclamation constitutional? Why or why not?
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04/14/19

Who did introduce the mediant keys in to music harmony progression?
Which composer(s) introduced as the first time mediant chords and mediant keys in their compositions - or in which period the use of this kind of modulation was coming up?
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04/14/19

Wet photography: what's the second choice after silver halide?
All the film photography I know of - both colour and black-and-white - uses silver halide as the photosensitive component. I suppose that after over a hundred years of wet photography we have a... more
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04/12/19

When did human adults start drinking animal milk?
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04/12/19

What are the colors of the rainbow?
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04/12/19

Why is gold considered so precious?
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04/12/19

What made us think that Earth moves around the Sun?
Trying to observe the night sky for a few weeks, the motion of the Sun and the stars pretty much fits into the Geocentric Theory i.e. All of them move around the Earth.**What then, which particular... more
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04/11/19

Did film photography have lens correction counterparts?
Were there ever any tools to correct for lens distortion in the film-only era? I'm thinking a device that contained a lens system that you could alter, or a soft workable lens that you could fine... more
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04/11/19

How did Rameau's Treatise on Harmony (1722) influence the mass production of musical instruments?
Rameau's Treatise on Harmony (1722) initiated a revolution in music theory but in what ways did that translate into popularizing music ... particularly the mass production of musical instruments?... more
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04/11/19

Who did introduce the mediant keys in to music harmony progression?
Which composer(s) introduced as the first time mediant chords and mediant keys in their compositions - or in which period the use of this kind of modulation was coming up?
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04/08/19

What happens to a government official who is accused of a crime against our nation?
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04/04/19

When did the half-step/whole-step modulation in the middle of a song become popular?
Many pop songs in modern times will use a half step or a whole step modulation in the middle of a song in order to increase excitement. I would like to know when this strategy started, and if it is... more
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