Legacies
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The Cold War shaped university departments long after the Berlin Wall fell
Guild rules from the Middle Ages survive as modern professional licensing
Smallpox riot memories still shape how people argue about vaccine mandates
Metric system adoption still follows nineteenth-century diplomatic lines
Street widths set for horse carts still dictate downtown traffic today
The printing press left Europe a legal system built around movable type
Colonial borders still decide which languages are official in Africa
What happens to a memorial when the generation that built it dies?
Why do former imperial capitals still host the institutions of the empire?
The Roman road network is still visible in European property lines
Slavery's ledger survives in the balance sheets of modern banks and insurers
What actually gets handed down from a failed empire?
A century-old land survey decides who owns the water in the American West
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