How many grandparents ago was he? Did he have language and culture like we do? What was their social structure like?

I mean, it fought agains Britain(biggest commercial/sea empire?), France(traditionally biggest land power), Russa(largest empire in size), that is already 3 very tough enemies that had colonies all over the world, not counting other smaller nations that also contributed. Germany may have had the best army in that moment, but its allies(AH, Ottomans, Bulgaria..) were not even near as good as Britain, France and Russia, and they were isolated from trade with most of the world by sea blocade. So how did they get so close to victory, what was their economy and trade based on?

What does a historian believe the cause of the first world war is?

In an episode if Frasier, Frasier Crane is dating a Jewish woman and is suddenly forced to meet them. While his girlfriend at the time didn't create about him not being Jewish, her family would so he pretended to be Jewish, forcing him to take down Christmas decorations and serve Jewish foods. However he didn't have Jewish wine, so his brother poured a glassof regular wine and added a heaping teaspoon of sugar to it.

So, I was wondering, why is Jewish wine different than regular wine and was there a historical reason to this? Was wine once sweeter as well?

I've searched far and wide for texts on Goodreads and Google that give information in regards to medieval economics, but the most useful information I've ever been able to come up with has comes from books that don't even focus on economics at all.

For example, from various books on the history of the Hundred Years War, I've learned that the minimum income needed to support a French Knight was estimated to be 40 pounds a year, while the income most Knights seemed to make was around 4 pounds a year, which was about the price of the average barrel of wine at the time.

But this information doesn't really even explain what else a pound sterling could buy, or what it actually took to earn that pound. How much grain would have to be farmed until you could earn 40 pounds? How long, how much land, and how much effort would it take to earn that much money? How much money would it take before you could be considered "rich," or even "well-off"?

I find this a difficult question to phrase. Today, we're so intuitively familiar with our currencies that we can look at a dollar, and know exactly what it can buy (a cheap snack or drink, a lighter, a non-durable pack of playing cards, a postcard, a stamp, etc.). But it's just so weird to look at stories of the past and have other people call peasant farmers "rich" just for owning a reasonably-sized home and its surrounding land. So if any relevant sources could be linked that's even related to this subject, I'd be most grateful!

Besides title - what did a wealthy roman citizen use, to tell the world around "I'm richer than you'll ever be"?

Are we talking expensive clothing, massive parties, or something completly different?

EDIT: Thank you for answering!

I would imagine that at some point, some small amount of petroleum would have been stumbled across without understanding of its significance and all of its uses. Is there any record of it being used in the ancient world to light lanterns for example? Or mysterious black liquids from the ground that people had no use for?

What made you become focused on the time period, area, or movement on which you are now an expert? When did you become fascinated by it?

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Did they have the same types that we do today (white, red, sparkling, etc)? Or even different regions of the Empire which produced their characteristic drinks (Champagne, Bordeaux, etc)?

In let's say, the medieval times?

Just spent an hour in a Confucian temple in Beijing, and a lengthy display on Confucianism and its lasting effects on society made the claim that the French Revolution was inspired by Confucianism (actually, they claimed that much of the west's modern world thinkers were results of Confucian philosophies). Specifically, they mentioned Voltaire and Robespierre as being students for Confucian texts. Can anyone weigh in to confirm or deny this claim? Thanks.

So far I have been unable to find a decent book on the subject. I'm looking for a book on the actual military history of the wars, not the political and diplomatic events surrounding the wars. A book with maps of the battles and specific details of the army compositions and detailed examinations of the battles themselves is what I am looking for, any suggestions?