How did Germany manage to be in a surplus and become one of the most influential powers after WWII and especially after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The progression seems to have occurred exponentially even though they had to pay for reparations, were divided into East and West, and so on to become one of the largest players in Europe and the European Union.

I kind of imagine living in a time with relatively dim oil lights, or even before that, not much artificial light at all, and I'd figure that once the sun went down, there wouldn't be much more to do. Was it as common in the past to stay awake hours after sunset? Were there certain cultures, or roles within cultures that were more nocturnal than others? Was 'sleeping in' considered improper or a sign of laziness as we sometimes might see it today? If there has been a significant change, how much of that is owed to the electric light allowing people to continue to be productive into late night hours?

So I've been assigned this text, and I've found it interesting. On one hand, I totally see the need for a revision of American colonial narratives. On the other, I feel like this book goes too far, and makes some questionable claims, but I'm not super strong in US history, and I'm willing to admit it could just be because of bias.

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Secondly, what was the local response to the incident? I've read about the Ni'ihau Incident over Hawaii and was wondering if something similar had ever happened over Britain.

In the game 'Pike and Shot', light infantry have the ability to disperse to evade charging cavalry, and then spontaneously reform.

Is there evidence of this occuring in actual battles?

Any suggestions at all would be fantastic. I'm particularly looking for memoirs from Polish agricultural workers and any memoirs about the Nazi birthing centres for foreign women. Thank you!

Or was it separated but the USA still helped?

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By this I mean, when the Julian calendar was first implemented, what year did it say that it was?

Also why did Julius Ceasar choose that date? I'm sure it can't be around Jesus' birth..

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Were they all tid bits from many places and made into "Poor Richards Almanac" or did he intentionally write things down to make his own handbook?

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Given that Italy pre-1870 also used to consist of many smaller kingdoms, like Germany, and regionalism was probably even bigger in Italy than in Germany.

Zoroastrianism seems to be a far more progressive religion compared to Islam , which has been the dominant religion in that area for a long time, even before the events of 1979.

Although there are supposedly 25,000 still in Iran today, I'm curious as to what might have caused such small numbers.

Things like fighting in wars at a young age, hearing voices from God, the sensationalism of her trial, and how movie-like the whole thing comes across, it seem seems too fantastic to be true. How much of it is considered historically correct?

I remember back to my high school days when I was in AP US History, and there was a large amount of information to absorb from just 238 years of this country being around. I wondered what teachers would do in a century or two's time when there was even more content to learn about, and how they would be able to fit all of it into their curriculum.

I guess that same can be said about the writers of history books. Will they just categorize things based on their level of importance and only put the more significant stuff in?