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Did any of the socialist states throughout history have theme parks? If so, was there anything special about them?

Would Japan's internal troubles in the 19th century have inevitably led to the collapse of the shogunate, or was the event precipitated by Japan's increasing contact with the outer world or the arrival of Commodore Perry?

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Recently my daughter ran across her deceased father-in-law's medal case containing his purple heart, combat infantry badge, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign ribbon with two stars and a second ribbon I cannot identify. It is, left to right, blue, white, red, white, red, white, blue. Can you help?

Obviously, bar the Soviet purge, did the Soviets, British, Germans, US, etc. suffer a disproportionate loss of officers during the war, as compared to the others?

I remember reading in a grade six social studies text book that women in ancient Sparta boxed and wrestled. I think this was used to illustrate how warrior-like the whole culture was. At the time it stuck with me, and then years later I became a wrestler and always wondered about my peers from ages ago. Can anyone give me some sources or references? People in the wrestling world would love to hear more about this. While I'm at it, what do we know about wrestling techniques and training methods from Ancient Greece or Rome?

Hello there,

What I know is that Italy, being urbanized since antiquity, had plenty of cities, towns and villages and North-Central Italy excelled in that matter. Being, that geographical region, also economically thriving quickly cities became more and more indipendent from the Empire firstly becoming Comuni, forming alliances with the purpose to fight and repel Barbarossa, then ending in Signorie. That said: I read recently that early rural Cantons and Cities of Switzerland that federalized experienced similar struggles with Asburgs. These "Swiss" polities were extremly inter-dependent regarding pastures, economy and this was one of the factors that lead them to form a bond and mantain sovereignity after seeing part of Austria conquered. They infact become a footmen powerhouse and conquered in turn. Why Northern Italy neved tried to federate or forming more loose but stable confederations or alliances. Does Comuni's various magistrates that eventually become Lord of Signorie opposed it? Correct me if I'm wrong: I guess N.Italy was more culturally diverse than, at least, first federalized Swiss (rural) Cantons and Cities, and Italy was less centralized but more spot-like and with several influneces bubbles. Does early urbanization and middle class rise somewhat stopped the process? I'm quite confused about timeframes, I believe when Comuni started to crumble and Signore rised, Swiss confederalized.

Thanks in advance for the reply.

When Hitler took power, he did not expect to die via suicide in a bunker while Germany was ravaged by the Allies. However, he had to have known he would die eventually. What was his plan for his successor? Did he assume he would have children to pass his title of Fuhrer onto, or would he appoint someone?

The Arabs had control over the isle of Sicily for a couple hundred years, surely the island has at least some remains of this era. Before being reconquered by Europe.

As the Soviet's began pushing back the Germans in World War II they eventually were able to take control of countries in Eastern Europe. These countries would eventually all become puppet states or part of the USSR. Why didn't Greece fall under Soviet control and how did it resist Socialism? Surely the 'birthplace of Democracy' would have been an excellent prize and propaganda tool for the Soviets.

When a kingdom is overthrown by another ruler, new coins are introduced. So do subjects get to replace the old coins with newly minted coins? Or is this money lost forever? How does it work?

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I've heard mixed things before, that the US knew about them for quite some time and didn't do anything about them, and also that it wasn't until later on in the war when the Nazis were nearly defeated and on the retreat. What's the real story?

Most every nation has a region that's looked down upon in a way. Do we know who had that role in the Roman Empire?

We've know the story of Marco Polo journey to China, but is there any Chinese counterparts story of this kind in the middle age?

The First World War is often characterized by long periods of time where nothing happened. Did trench warfare happen in places other then the western front?