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From my school level history, I understood the DDR to be an economic powerhouse in Eastern Europe. What I'd like to understand is how it collapsed to such a point that the FDR was able to just walk in an annexe it.

Was there a prolonged movement in the DDR just waiting to take power from the communist party?

Considering the cultural/political dominance of the Amhara, you'd think that the capital would've been in Bahir Dar.

I was playing a game where the USA gets invaded by Russia (World in Conflict, a bit silly but I like it) and in one of the opening cutscenes you can see a police officer with his revolver drawn, helping Army/national guard troops hold of the russians.

That got me thinking about how the Police of countries that had been invaded actually responded. Did some help in the countries defence (through either combat or support roles)? Did others continue on like usual? During occupation did any assist any local resistance/partisans? Just stayed neutral and focused on enforcing normal day to day law? Or was it more common to collaborate with the occupiers (be it the Axis, Soviets or Allies)?

I could go on but yeah any insight would be awesome

We don't hear much about India being involved with Europe during the Middle Ages up until probably late 1600s? How did they eventually realize they existed?

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Hi WW2 nerd here. I've always wondered what Hitler and his chain of command had planned to do if Operation Barbarossa succeeded. Can anyone help me out?

Okay, being a little humorous with the title. But really, what is the history behind pie? Was it a singular invention or an evolution of similar dishes? And when/where did this occur?

The reason the title says "house/castle" is because I'm primarily asking about houses, although I'm assuming that castles have a more well-documented history.

Out of all houses with fully documented history, which house is known for being the oldest house -- that's still both unaltered and inhabited?

Hi! Good night everyone! I have a simple question regarding the military service during the WW2. I'm from Brazil, and my country didn't participate this war, so, there's quite I don't know about such historical details. So, I want to know if there were people (from countries which fought the war) who weren't obligated to serve. If so, who were these people (what position they held in society?) What was the criteria for mandatory service?

Thanks for the attentions, guys!

Has anyone undertaken a study of the exchange rate between $USD and 30 pieces of silver in ancient Judea? Could he have bought a house? Or did he sell Jesus out for an Xbox?

Edit: Judea

The Wikipedia article is extremely vague. Was he tortured? Drugged? What sort of interrogation techniques were in use at the time?

Both boys and girls

Virtually every instrument I can think of is asymmetric, favouring the right hand for the more dexterous actions. I know of guitarists who play left handed on an inverted instrument but I've never seen any others. Perhaps there is a historical conspiracy to keep us devil-handed music lovers off the concert stage? In particular, is there such a thing as a left handed piano (or keyboard instrument of any kind)?

Are there any Greek writings for example, mentioning similarities between the Greek and Persian languages? Was there any documented awareness of Indo-European languages being related in Pre-modern history?

Bonus question: Do any exist for other language families?

I have read Copts claim to be the direct descendents of Ancient Egyptians, but I've also read things written by people that they are actually descendents or leftovers from the Greek or Roman period of Egypt.

Who exactly are the Copts and who were their ancestors? Do they share the same ancestors as Egyptian Arab-Muslims?

This isn't 'scientific' but just based on physical appearance I find the Copts look quite Mediterranean and don't look much different from the Lebanese or Greeks, while Egyptian Arab-Muslims look different from Egyptian Copts and are a lot darker.

Hey guys,

I have recently rewatched Lord of the Rings and the scene where the Rohirrim charge the orcs besieging Minas Tirith made me ask the question, how realistic is that?

Now, of course, this would depend on the geography of the battlefield and the units fighting however I was just wondering, in general how useful were cavalry reinforcements in a battle, could they simply decimate the army by riding through them continuously as seen in the movie? Also how common was the use of cavalry reinforcements during the periods where sword to swords battles was the norm.

Thank you