If this is too broad, let's say when plate armour was at the peak of it's usage (a quick wiki says Late Middle?). Would there be a focus on strength? Speed? Would nutrition at the time cause limitations?

Would Germany have taken back Kenya, Namibia, and others?

Were they two sovereign states or divisions of the same state? Were there any major distinctions in terms of government, military, religion etc.?

I've always wondered why Bohemia was a member of the Holy Roman Empire, especially such an important member. I was under the impression that the HRE was largely a conglomeration of German states, yet Bohemia is Czech.

With the majority of Americas industrial centers in the North, and supplies limited in the South, what chances did the Confederacy stand to win the war, and what would victory conditions have been for them?

(Cross-posted from /r/askhistory, because this place has way more users, and I was tired last night when I posted it.)

I believe this would fall under the "historical method" in the rules for this subreddit, however if people feel that this is not the appropriate subreddit for this question I will promptly delete it.

So to go into further detail I was wondering what people thought about how events shape the course of history. Would it be small and insignificant events (on their own), when put together change history or major individual events?

According to many historical accounts the Mongols were greatly feared for their cruel treatment of other people they encountered, and committed countless atrocities that would today be considered acts of genocide. My question is were the Mongols in reality any more destructive and cruel then the other civilizations of the period, or was their behaviour typical of warfare of the the time?

My dad is a police officer and he mentioned the other day how he is part of a policemen's association, which to my understanding basically functioned as a union. I was wondering how, historically, these have survived while most unions have been dismantled over time for private sector workers.

edit: to be specific, in the United States, why have public sector unions not faced the same sort of elimination that private sector one's have? Have they grown, stayed the same? What is the history like comparing the two?

Things such as severe hurricanes or tornadoes.

I understand they could do amazing things like read the waves to find out whether land was near, but to cross such vast expanses of ocean, with such limited technology seems really crazy to me, where did they learn how to decipher so much knowledge from the oceans and skies to be able to colonize so many of the islands?

A professor briefly mentioned this in one of my lectures last semester, and although I am interested in learning more, I don't have the time at the moment to research for myself.

If I could get a quick explanation of whether historians tend to take this theory seriously (any why/why not), it would be wonderful.

Thanks much!

1. By 1066, how similar were the two peoples?
2. Did they communicate at all? In other words, was there an official Saxon 'community'?
3. Did Paganism manage to survive in either community?
4. Why didn't Anglo-Saxons attempt to return to Germany following the Norman conquest?

Thanks.

Let's just assume if they did win the war, that all of these things would have happened anyways, how would they go about handling it in this current day?