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How Were Medieval Taverns and Inns Owned and Operated?

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How Competitive Was the Job Market For Peasants in the Middle Ages?

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I remember seeing in a documentary that the Mayans collected rainwater for drinking. When storing it, how did they prevent the water from becoming "dirty" and having parasites take root?

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In Terry Jones' "Medieval Lives - The Peasant," He Makes the Claim That Everything, Even Lettuce, Was Boiled In the Middle Ages Due to the Use of Human Excrement as Fertilizer. Is There Any Truth to This?

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What was warfare in Pre-Contact Hawaii like?

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Did Medieval Peasants Ever Lose Their Hearing When Working "Loud" Jobs, Such As Blacksmithing?

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Tenochtitlan was at one point one of the cleanest city in the world. How did this come to be the case?

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How much control did the Mongols really have over their territory?

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How many people did it actually take to support a knight a his family in the 13th century in England?

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How was Incan warfare typically conducted?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How Were Medieval Taverns and Inns Owned and Operated?	406
How Competitive Was the Job Market For Peasants in the Middle Ages?	164
I remember seeing in a documentary that the Mayans collected rainwater for drinking. When storing it, how did they prevent the water from becoming "dirty" and having parasites take root?	152
In Terry Jones' "Medieval Lives - The Peasant," He Makes the Claim That Everything, Even Lettuce, Was Boiled In the Middle Ages Due to the Use of Human Excrement as Fertilizer. Is There Any Truth to This?	128
What was warfare in Pre-Contact Hawaii like?	120
Did Medieval Peasants Ever Lose Their Hearing When Working "Loud" Jobs, Such As Blacksmithing?	73
Tenochtitlan was at one point one of the cleanest city in the world. How did this come to be the case?	57
How much control did the Mongols really have over their territory?	56
How many people did it actually take to support a knight a his family in the 13th century in England?	56
How was Incan warfare typically conducted?	49