Economically, Germany recovered quickly from World War I. What was Hitler's role in achieving this? What were Hitler's policies as Germany's leader?

Were they not the strongest empire back then?

In my literature it's portrayed as the largest and most profitable of several large businesses. How important was the textile industry how much did it bring in? How widespread were British textiles?

Not sure if this is the right sub. But how did people find out about diabetes and what causes it. Obviously they didn't have a blood test. Did a doctor just randomly taste a patients urine?

Did she have any training in sword fighting? Did she ever kill an enemy personally? I know that she got shot with an arrow, but was she ever in combat?

I'm just wondering exactly how much coal did these ships burn, for instance an Indiana Class battleship, going full speed?

After the Americans landed on the moon, that's generally considered the end of the Space Race. Why is it that the Soviets did not try to one-up the US again? Was it simply too costly? Did they not have the technology or research? Were they just simply not bothered?

I see this a lot in movies, even when portraying historical figures, I'm just wondering where this originated.

It seems that he didn't receive any substantial punishment (aside from being made to apologize by Eisenhower) until US newspapers picked up the story. Was it just negative public opinion that forced Roosevelt's hand to remove one of his best commanders from the front lines of WWII?

European countries observe tea a cultural gathering and meal. Most South American countries drink mate religiously every afternoon. The Chinese drink tea medicinally to prevent illnesses. One of the main reasons America even fought the Revolutionary War was because of tea. So why isn't tea as influential to American culture as it is in other countries?

I'm sure that many here are familiar both with the Kipling's poem "Danegeld" and with the tax raised to pay off Norse raiders who harried Dark Ages England.

Kipling's poem contains the line:

"And that is called paying the Dane-geld; But we've proved it again and again, That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld You never get rid of the Dane."

And, of course, this was what happened in this case in point. The Norse kept raiding and eventually just moved right in.

But did it ever work? Was there a case of a barbarian tribe that stayed bought? One that took the money and never came back?

Overall, what's the balance? Is paying off the raiders more likely to cause them to leave, or just stick around and bleed you white?

Was it Shelly who coined the name, or is it a translation of the Egyptian word Ramsses?

I can choose any historical figure (and to some extent fictional characters from high literature), as long as he has a written monologue and that it is dramatic. I'm drawing blanks. I can think of Wallace, Guy Fawkes, Hamlet, Galileo but I'm looking for a character that really suffered a lot.

Like someone that had everything taken from him, a had a tortuous life but kept his head high, against all odds and oppressions, even if he died at the end. Of course, he must be of some literacy, since I have to play a monologue from this character.

Any ideas are GREATLY welcomed!

Thanks!

The Great Depression is usually associated with the US and Western Europe, but was the Soviet Union affected by it at all? If it was severely affected like in the US or Germany, how did their central planned economy respond? Was it similar to the US with public works?

I'm curious about how such a militaristic society (a society that used infanticide to deal with weak or "ill-born" babies) would treat the elderly. Did soldiers "retire" at a certain age, and if so, what happened to them after?