The Free Masons, I know they do stuff in secret but I don't know why people make theories about the Masons.

Documentaries are great for visualizing history, but are there films or series that are considered more credible?

I suppose this could be asked about "cavalry in general", but for the sake of the question, let's make it about the Mongolians (ca. Genghis Khan). So how did the Mongolians fight with horses? Would a soldier just ride their horse up next to the enemy and start swinging their weapon of choice? Or would a group would try to literally run over the enemy with horses? If the point wasn't to stampede over everyone, what was the point of cavalry charges?

I always see/know of European cheeses, but I've never heard of good Chinese or Eastern cheese...but they had cattle and milk. So why is it I've heard of fancy French cheese but not fancy Thai cheese?

Alot of today's european food is based alot around new world items (german chocalate, tomato sauce in italian, the use of corn,). but what did they use prior to this. and what kind of stuff did they make.

As far as I know, most manufacturing before the industrial revolution was done either by artisans or through cottage industry, shipping raw resources to households and paying families to refine them.

But were there any instances of factories before the industrial revolution? By factories I mean large buildings where paid workers went to refine goods. If it helps make my question clearer, I'm imagining a gigantic room full of spinning wheels right now.

I've always wondered how the Klan of the 20's 30's and 40's in the US felt about the Nazi's. On the one hand, i'm sure the KKK and the Nazi's would agree on racial policy (no duh) and would support them on that front.

However, would the Klan in the 40's really support a group of foreign ex-Catholics who wanted to take over against America (since the Klan in the old days was a very patriotic organization)

Were there any instances of Southerners and or KKK members who supported the Nazi's in the US. I haven't heard about any pro german us groups except for Fritz Kuhn and the German American Bund

What would have been the difficulties for the US in such a move? What would have been the easiest part for them?

Was there a strong push for annexation? Who wanted such an annexation?

I was listening to a CBC podcast and they were comparing them to the internet today. Sounds very interesting.

Unlike what happens to Germany/Austria where US/FR/UK/USSR divided the occupation zones, why was the US the sole occupation power ?

Bank First, First Bank of ..., Bank One, etc...

I'm a 2nd year university student with a steadily growing interest in the First World War. I've seen some fairly reliable numbers for how many British, French and German generals were killed/became casualties in the war. However, I've thus far been unable to find anything useful for the Austro-Hungarians. Could anyone give perhaps a rough number of at least how many generals became casualties in the Austro-Hungarian Armies, or at least point me in the right direction?

Ask asked above, the modern perception of the samurai is often of a noble warrior who holds honor and integrity above all. However, I have often heard that the bushido code and things of the sort were all blatant lies of propaganda to make Japan's history look better than it actually was.

How were samurai truly perceived back in the earlier days of the Meiji era, etc.?

Rome wasn't Christian until 326. And the Gregorian calendar wasn't established until the 500s. So what year did people think it was when they switched? Did anyone ever know it was year 1?