The Huaisheng Mosque is supposedly built in 627, during the Prophet Muhammad's lifetime. Did the Muslims really have contact with the Chinese and have Chinese converts that early in their history?

True or not?

Before "Lebensborn" Was founded by Heinrich Himmler, he spread the lie that the birth rate of german, healthy children in germany was drastically dropping.

But why did he that? Have I just misunderstood something and that's simply wrong?

Did he want to rise concern in the german population? But for what reason?

Or was it to lay the foundation of his idea of "Lebensborn". So the population would react better on it's foundation.

Huge thanks in upfront, you are a real lifesaver for me and my upcoming school presentation!

Like today, it's pretty easy to survey study and review abstracts and even browse certain articles online. It wouldn't be alien for George Costanza to have access to a medical journal today. But I have no idea what public access to medical journals was like back then. In the context of the show, it is clearly a lie because George is just a huge liar. But I'm curious if audiences back then could have imagined some way George Costanza was going around reading medical journals or even if they knew what medical journals were like.

Considering that biplanes were made obsolete a long time ago due to the advent of efficient monoplanes, and made totally obsolete when the jet engine became popular, but I've been wondering, when in history was the last known usage of biplanes in battle? Whether it being in a combat or recon role?

What made him special? He wasn't the first dictator. The threats he was called to address weren't as dire as some of the others faced.

The French Revolution ended in 1799, removing the monarchy and the aristocracy. At this time, the commoners hated the Aristocracy. 1804, Napoleon became Emperor and effectively restored nobility throughout the French Empire, and gave countries to family members. How did the French people feel, 5 years after getting rid of the Crown to have it replaced, and how could they have allowed it? It's bizarre to imagine that they would have happily handed over the keys.

Hi, all. I'm not enrolled in a university currently, although I have limited access to some JSTOR articles.

I'm trying to assemble complete lists of publications for certain scholars who published in New Testament studies. Some of them have CVs online, but others don't.

When a scholar doesn't have a CV available online, what resources can I use to assemble a list of all of that scholar's publications?

Thanks!

Sure, leaving an intact castle behind could expose an invading army to sallies and supply harassment. But an army strong enough to lay siege to a castle would be larger than the defending force anyways, and many armies of the time fed off the countryside or from tribute of the lands they occupied.

Would a small garrison of castle defenders really be that dangerous to bypass for a large invading army, and wouldn't the invaders be better off focusing on attacking the capital, taking cities, pillaging the countryside, or other strategic objectives that would bring a war to a favorable conclusion, rather than spend so much time and effort sieging down every castle on its path?

Was it?

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I hope I don't offend anyone with this question but why was it acceptable to enslave and trade Africans as slaves but not the Native Americans. Would it not have been cheaper to capture slaves locally rather than transport them from across Atlantic. The settlers were just as brutal in their treatment of the Native Americans as they were towards Africans, why were they never looked upon as source of readily avaiable slaves?

Edit: thank you everyone for your wonderful and informative replies! I think I am getting the picture now. You guys are amazing!!

Checking my app, it says it feels like -28. How did the Native Americans survive this? I understand they had clothing made out of skins but even so... did they hunt in these garments? What happened if they got wet from snow? How did they get food when there’s three, four layers of snow 90cm high? How could woman have children in these conditions? How can they survive in a teepee or long house with only fire when harsh winds, hail and a deep cold is all around them? Also why would they have continued into this territory after encountering this weather?

If you sent me out in my coat, warm food and a blanket right now, I don’t know how I would survive. How and why did they do it?

I recently learned that Czar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra were cousins with the royal families in England, Germany and other European nations. How could these other rulers let their cousins die in such brutal fashion? I understand that Czar Nicholas abdicated on his own free will - why did he not ensure that he or at least his family were protected?