17. Traditionally the men do what? And the Women do what In the mines?

the answer is a) to be able to obey them.

the use of email to replace slower surface mail.

this means that germany had to pay the allied countries. reparations are/is essentially payment for something that they have done wrong, so after ww1, germany was forced to pay reparations so they could replenish the allied countries resources' that they had lost during the war.

25. twelve tables

26. having important positions chosen by lot